I'm terrified my 18 XL Bully puppies will be put down after Government ban: Owner says it would be 'soul destroying' if they are put to sleep

The owner of an XL Bully said he is 'terrified' that 18 of his dog's puppies will be put down after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a ban on the breed. 

Jamie, from North Lanarkshire in Scotland, said he owns a three-year-old female XL Bully which just gave birth to a litter of pups despite having no plans for her to be bred. 

He said that his dog mated with his sister's pet, who is also an XL Bully, and gave birth to a 'rather large litter' which he says he will now struggle to find homes for. 

Jamie said it would be 'absolutely heartbreaking' to have to give away the dogs to a rescue centre and is even more fearful that they might be put down, which would be 'soul destroying' for him. 

It comes as Rishi Sunak yesterday announced a ban on the dangerous dog breed by the end of the year following a series of horrific attacks. 

Jamie told LBC: 'I'm an owner of a female XL Bully who wasn't planned to be bred but my sister's dog - also a Bully - mated with her and resulted in a rather large litter.

'My plan was to neuter her and I actually enquired about it but it was too close to her season.

'We took a lot of precautions to avoid her having contact with other animals. It was only about the fifth week when we thought it was clear that this happened.

'There are now 18 live puppies. This wasn't a financial thing for us, we're now trying to ensure there's a loving home for them.

'It's an excessive litter and we're looking to get as many to long term homes as we can.

'It would be absolutely heartbreaking to have to hand these dogs over to rescue centres - because the chance now of them being put to sleep is soul destroying.'

Ministers will soon have to set out details of the Prime Minister's planned ban on American XL bully dogs.

Rishi Sunak's announcement of the ban came after a man died in a suspected XL Bully attack in Stonnall, Staffordshire, the third incident involving allegedly out-of-control dogs in the West Midlands in less than a week.

The fatality occurred just a day after a ten-year-old boy was attacked by an out-of-control dog while playing football less than three miles away. 

Less than a week earlier, an XL Bully mauled an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham.

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