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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Lifestyle
Corey Bedford & Ryan Merrifield

Mum 'bitten 25 times' by American Bully dog bought from unlicensed breeder

A mum was bitten 25 times by one of her dogs after trying to stop him from attacking her other pooch.

Stephanie Jones, 32, had to put down six-month-old Chase after she was hospitalised from his vicious attack. Chase was an American Bully dog, and lived with Stephanie along with her three young children, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Lola, and her other American Bully, Cookie.

Fatal attacks on people from the dog breed have soared in recent months in the UK, with some calling for the breed - which is not recognised by the Kennel Club - to be banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. However, Stephanie said that tarring all Bullies with the same brush is wrong, and that it depends on the individual dogs and how they were raised before being bought, the Mirror reports.

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