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How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
Owners and vets can use this form to confirm an XL Bully dog has been neutered.
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From 31 December 2023 breeding, selling, advertising, rehoming, abandoning and allowing an XL Bully dog to stray will be illegal.
Eastern Region, Judge Dutton and Mr J Francis QPM heard on 10 November 2022
Chapter 14.
Employment Tribunal decision.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Tayler on 8 March 2024.
UK Chief Vet urges owners to take all necessary steps to ensure they are complying with the law
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