XL Bully campaigners have won a temporary injunction that will stop 240 dogs in rescue homes from being put down after strict new laws came into force on New Year’s Eve.
Under the Government’s guidelines, XL Bully dogs that arrived in rescue homes since October 31, which had not been rehomed, would have to be killed because they don’t qualify for an exemption to stay there.
It was thought an estimated 240 dogs would be destroyed as a result until one rescue centre took an injunction to review the rules.
Carla Lane Animals in Need, a 40-year-old care home in Liverpool, said rescue centres do not have to destroy the dogs from today as many had planned.
A High Court Judge ordered: ‘No XL Bully dog may be seized from a Rehoming Organisation… and/or destroyed for want of or ineligibility for a certification of exemption on grounds that the dog was taken into the RO’s care after 31 October 2023 until the further Order of the Court.’
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