A nine-month-old baby has died after a dog attack in Rogiet, Monmouthshire, involving an XL Bully that held a government certificate of exemption. Officers said the six-year-old male dog was sedated, taken from the scene, and later put down at the vet's.
Police said the animal had been registered as exempt under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, allowing it to remain with its owner despite the recent ban. The case has raised serious questions about how such animals continue to exist legally under transitional arrangements.
