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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/17/banned-pit-bulls-sold-as-semen-uk-breed-american-xl-bullies/

Hundreds of American XL Bully dogs in the UK are bred from pit bull semen imported from the United States, The Telegraph can disclose. Despite a ban on pit bull breeding in Britain, American kennels charge up to 16,000 for frozen semen, which is legal, and ship it to the UK to produce XL Bully puppies. The apparent loophole suggests hundreds of American Bully dogs on British streets, including the XL variety, are in fact at least half pit bull terrier. Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has declared American Bully dogs a danger to our communities and announced his intention to impose a ban on the breed by the end of the year. The dogs are responsible for around 70 per cent of deaths from dog attacks in the UK, including the fatal mauling of Ian Price, a 52-year-old businessman, in Staffordshire on Thursday. The ban is not expected to come into force until 2025, following an amnesty period in which owners can apply to keep their dogs if they are neutered and muzzled in public.

The forthcoming ban prompted outrage from owners and breeders, who argue American Bullies are safer than their genetic cousins, pit bull terriers, and should be treated as a separate breed. Pit bull terriers were outlawed in the 1991 Dangerous Dog Act after 15 people were killed by them in dog attacks in England and Wales between 1981 and 1991. However, The Telegraph understands registered pit bulls in the United States have been remarketed as American Bullies in order to sell their semen to customers in Britain. The US breeders use two different registers to record pit bulls and American bullies, allowing their semen to be sold as either breed to different customers.