Rishi Sunak says American XL Bully dog is ‘danger to our communities’
Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has waded into the dangerous dog debate saying that it falls to him to “be the voice of reason.”
Talking about the upcoming government ban on the breed he acknowledged that “these dogs were bred to fight and kill.”
However, he said that dangerous dogs won’t ever go away because as soon as one is banned an unscrupulous breeder will just invent a breed to replace it.
Remarking on the Kennel Club’s comments that the owners, and not the dogs, are to blame for attacks he said: “We have to accept that if you are the sort of shavenheaded brute with a neck the size of a birthday cake, extensive facial artwork, and a piece of string, you don’t really want a King Charles spaniel on the other end of it.
“You want something scary, which is why you were drawn to the American XL bully…It’s like walking around with a four-legged machinegun. People are going to get out of your way,” he wrote in his column in the Sunday Times.
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Despite this he acknowledged that all dogs can be dangerous admitting that a friend had a poodle that was the “scariest creature” he’d ever met.
The Grand tour star has two fox-red Labradors and admits that, “They are fully domesticated. Until they aren’t.”
He revealed that while his dogs are “soft” the sight of a deer while on a walk can turn them into a high-speed attack dog.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that American XL bully dogs were to be banned on Friday saying the dog was “a danger to our communities, particularly our children”.
In a video announcement posted to X, formerly Twitter, the Prime Minister said the breed would be banned due to a “pattern of behaviour” that “cannot go on”.
Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has waded into the dangerous dog debate saying that it falls to him to “be the voice of reason.”
Talking about the upcoming government ban on the breed he acknowledged that “these dogs were bred to fight and kill.”
However, he said that dangerous dogs won’t ever go away because as soon as one is banned an unscrupulous breeder will just invent a breed to replace it.
Remarking on the Kennel club’s comments that the owners are to blame he said: “We have to accept that if you are the sort of shavenheaded brute with a neck the size of a birthday cake, extensive facial artwork, and a piece of string, you don’t really want a King Charles spaniel on the other end of it.
“You want something scary, which is why you were drawn to the American XL bully…It’s like walking around with a four-legged machinegun. People are going to get out of your way,” he wrote in his column in the Sunday Times.
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“I share the nation’s horror at the recent videos we’ve all seen,” he said. “It’s clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs: it’s a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on.
“While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, I want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public.
“Today, I have tasked ministers to bring together police and experts to firstly define the breed of dog behind these attacks with a view to then outlawing it. It is not currently a breed defined in law so this first step must happen fast.
“We will then ban the breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year.
“These dogs are dangerous. I want to reassure the public that we will take all the necessary steps to keep people safe.”
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