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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Douglas Whitbread

XL Bully owner slams ‘knee-jerk moral panic’ amid calls to ban breed after attack on girl, 11

Sophie Coulthard / SWNS

A defiant Bully XL owner today told how she feels “targeted” over her choice of pet as calls mount for the breed to be banned.

Sophie Coulthard, 39, who has a one-year-old dog called Billy, said “a moral panic” had arisen around the mutts following several high-profile attacks on youngsters.

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