A YOUNG girl has been rushed to hospital after she was attacked by an XL Bully-type dog outside a shop. The victim suffered ...

Many breeds that are classified as bulldog or mastiff or that are brachycephalic ... It does have to do with the lineage and the dogs’ purpose. Bully breeds are descended from an extinct ...

“One dog was in a state of rage and uncontrollable.” Police confirmed the owner of a XL Bully and a Cane Corso – an Italian breed of mastiff, were given up by their owner. A spokesman fort ...

Traditionally, the Italian mastiff was used as a guard dog ... The five banned types of dog in the UK are the XL bully, pit bull terrier, Japanese tosa, dogo Argentino and fila Braziliero.

XL Bully dogs are among the breeds banned in the UK ... Fila Brasileiro breed has a dark past (Picture: olgagorovenk/ Shutterstock) A huge mastiff-like breed called the Fila Brasileiro was ...

It's also an offence to sell an XL Bully dog, abandon one ... Kelly Reilly, 33, was killed by her pet Bull Mastiff while she was having a seizure in her home in Coventry in July.