
Eight-year-old boy who was mauled by 'XL Bully' has 'serious head injuries' after vicious attack in communal area of block of flats: Cops arrest man and woman
Daily MailIt follows a string of 'XL Bully' attacks despite the new ban A man and woman have been arrested after a boy was left with 'serious head injuries' after being mauled by an 'XL Bully' attack in the communal area of a nearby block of flats. The attack occurred in Bootle, Merseyside, on Saturday February 10 where the boy, 8, was mauled by the dog while playing outside near Wadham Road An XL Bully dog. Following the attack, Merseyside Police seized the dog which is believed to be an XL Bully Wadham Road in Bootle where an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a dog, believed to be an XL Bully, yesterday Detective Inspector Gary Stratton, in a statement, said: 'This was a horrific attack which has left a young child requiring emergency surgery for injuries to his head. Merseyside Police have arrested a woman, 49, and a man, 30, on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury The woman - who wished to remain anonymous - claims the unleashed XL Bully 'launched itself on the pram' carrying her one-year-old daughter, tipping it over and biting the child.
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Man viciously attacked by 'XL bully' in back garden is fighting for life as police kill dog with Taser
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Screams heard by neighbours as teenager is killed in suspected XL Bully attack
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XL bullies account for half of dogs seized and euthanised by police
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Armed police had to fire 19 SHOTS to kill two XL Bully dogs after an 84-year-old man was dragged off the street and mauled: Woman arrested over attack as pensioner fights for his life
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Police forced to shoot XL bully dogs 19 times to stop vicious attack on 84-year old man
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Man, 84, seriously injured in XL bully attack
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XL bully clamps jaw onto police officer's leg leaving serious injuries
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No evidence that XL Bully ban has lowered rate of dog attacks, police admit
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Owner of out of control XL bully that chased and killed man jailed
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Our mother was mauled to death by an XL Bully - not enough is being done to enforce the ban: Daughters' heartfelt plea after attacks rise in 2024
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Why XL bully ban hasn't stopped the bloodbath: Victims tell how dogs with 'death in their eyes' are STILL mauling victims - and why an inbred ancestor called 'Killer Kimbo' plus the 'worst possible do
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Police are destroying 100 dogs every month since XL bullies were banned - with £25million of taxpayers' money spent keeping seized pets in kennels
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Baby girl bitten by XL bully in serious condition as two people arrested
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Girl, 12, left with horrific injuries after being mauled by XL Bully that her father had to wrestle her free from - as hound's owner 'watched on unbothered'
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Hunt underway for victim of XL Bully attack after 'woman was bitten as she tried to protect her dog' in Sheffield
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XL bully owner pleads guilty over dog attack that killed neighbour
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XL bully ‘lunged for baby’ strapped to mother amid surge in dangerous dog attacks
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Ten-year-old mauled to death by pet XL Bully is named by her family as they pay tribute to 'wonderful girl who we love so much'
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Girl, 10, mauled to death by her family's 'XL Bully' dog had a 'loving relationship' with it and boasted to pals about her new pet before her death
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Two men arrested after XL Bully killed in ‘deliberate attack’
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Suspected XL Bully dog killed in ‘targeted’ attack
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Man denies owning or being in charge of XL bully dogs which killed woman
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XL bully owner appears in court over death of man attacked by dogs in Staffordshire
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Daughter of tragic man, 53, who was mauled to death by an XL Bully says he was just 'watching it for a friend as he wanted company as he was missing his late wife'
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XL Bully kills owner in attack at home as police shoot dog dead
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Woman who bravely stopped pitbull mauling man, 24, to death on walk near primary school claims the dog 'would have killed him' if she hadn't intervened
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England's 10 hotspots with the most XL Bullys is revealed: New map lifts the lid on which areas have the highest number of the deadly banned breed - but is your home in one of them?
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How XL Bullies became such dangerous dogs
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Is the XL Bully ban really working? Boy, five, and teen, 15, are latest dog attack victims since strict ownership rules came into place - as experts say more people are 'likely' to get hurt as pets be
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XL Bully destroyed after attacking 15-year-old boy at home in Wales
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Family warn XL Bully owners after ‘kind-hearted’ mother killed by pets
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Woman, 50, attacked by 2 pet XL bullies, dies on the spot: 'That poor woman. It's shocking'
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Hornchurch XL Bully attack: Tragic sign outside home where woman was mauled to death by her own XL bullies
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Pictured: Mother-of-two, 50, who was mauled to death at home by her two XL Bully pets in first fatal attack by registered dogs since breed was banned in February
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Woman mauled to death by her pet XL Bullies in east London home
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Mother and son jailed after XL bully attack scarred eight-year-old boy for life
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Police seize 22 illegal XL Bullies from breeding farm
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Woman 'seriously hurt' in attack by bully-type dog as hound is secured and victim is taken to hospital
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Campaigners get green light to bring High Court challenge against XL bully ban
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The true cost of the XL Bully ban: How councils have spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash destroying dangerous dogs in just six months - how many have been put down in your area?
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The rise of Exotic Bully dogs: Meet the teeny, tiny sibling of the XL Bully
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First person in England sentenced for keeping illegal XL Bully under new laws
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Suspected XL bully attack witnesses describe bloody horror as dog savaged four people in street
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Toddler mauled by XL Bully and left needing surgery after climbing on family dog
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XL bully destroyed after savaging rescue husky while ‘unmuzzled and unleashed’
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