Dangerous Dogs
(asked on 11th December 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many XL Bully dogs were euthanised as part of the ban on that breed.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 18th December 2024
The total amount paid under the XL Bully dog compensation scheme was £78,900.
Defra received 406 valid claims for compensation for XL Bully dogs that were euthanised. Applications to this compensation scheme closed on the 15 March 2024. We do not hold data on the total number of XL bully dogs that may have been euthanised as a result of the ban.