Dangerous Dogs: Exemptions
(asked on 26th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were on the Index of Exempted Dogs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each of the last 10 years, by breed.
There are currently 3,678 live dogs listed on the Index of Exempted Dogs. The table below indicates the number of these dogs per breed located in England, Scotland, and Wales:
ENGLAND | SCOTLAND | WALES | TOTAL |
Pit Bull (3503) | Pit Bull (8) | Pit Bull (144) | 3655 |
Dogo Argentino (17) | Dogo Argentino (2) | Dogo Argentino (1) | 20 |
Japanese Tosa (2) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (1) | 3 |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 |
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| 3678 |
The Department does not hold information on the number of dogs listed on the Index of Exempted Dogs for each of the past 10 years broken down by breed and by nation. However, the table below indicates the number of dogs per breed located in England, Scotland and Wales that were entered onto the Index of Exempted Dogs in each of the past 10 years.
YEAR | ENGLAND | SCOTLAND | WALES | TOTAL |
2010 | Pit Bull (666) | Pit Bull (2) | Pit Bull (8) | 676 |
Dogo Argentino (3) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 3 | |
Japanese Tosa (1) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 1 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 680 |
2011 | Pit Bull (622) | Pit Bull (1) | Pit Bull (17) | 640 |
Dogo Argentino (2) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 2 | |
Japanese Tosa (1) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 1 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 643 |
2012 | Pit Bull (611) | Pit Bull (3) | Pit Bull (34) | 648 |
Dogo Argentino (2) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 2 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 650 |
2013 | Pit Bull (656) | Pit Bull (0) | Pit Bull (45) | 701 |
Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 0 | |
Japanese Tosa (1) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 1 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 702 |
2014 | Pit Bull (620) | Pit Bull (2) | Pit Bull (34) | 656 |
Dogo Argentino (1) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (1) | 2 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 658 |
2015 | Pit Bull (509) | Pit Bull (1) | Pit Bull (22) | 532 |
Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 0 | |
Japanese Tosa (2) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 2 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
|
| 534 |
2016 | Pit Bull (443) | Pit Bull (0) | Pit Bull (20) | 463 |
Dogo Argentino (1) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 1 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
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| 464 |
2017 | Pit Bull (368) | Pit Bull (1) | Pit Bull (17) | 386 |
Dogo Argentino (7) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 7 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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|
| 393 |
2018 | Pit Bull (212) | Pit Bull (0) | Pit Bull (13) | 225 |
Dogo Argentino (3) | Dogo Argentino (1) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 4 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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| 229 |
2019 | Pit Bull (185) | Pit Bull (0) | Pit Bull (7) | 192 |
Dogo Argentino (4) | Dogo Argentino (1) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 5 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | 0 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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| 197 |
2020 | Pit Bull (119) | Pit Bull (1) | Pit Bull (5) | 125 |
Dogo Argentino (1) | Dogo Argentino (0) | Dogo Argentino (0) | 1 | |
Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (0) | Japanese Tosa (1) | 1 | |
Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | Fila Brasileiro (0) | 0 | |
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| 127 |