{"id":79156,"date":"2026-07-02T05:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/dog-cruelty-cases-rise-in-wales-following-xl-bully-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:29:40","slug":"dog-cruelty-cases-rise-in-wales-following-xl-bully-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/dog-cruelty-cases-rise-in-wales-following-xl-bully-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog cruelty cases rise in Wales following XL bully ban"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Staffordshire bull terrier Duchess was abandoned, and only survived because of the goodwill of a neighbour, who fed her through a letterbox.<\/b><\/p>\n

When she was eventually rescued, she had lost lots of fur because of a severe flea infestation and was underweight. <\/p>\n

Duchess found a loving, “forever home” with Fiona Rees-Davies in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, but tragically, a cancerous tumour meant their happiness was short-lived.<\/p>\n

Her treatment is not uncommon – cruelty to dogs in Wales has risen by 19% according to the latest RSPCA figures for 2024 and 2025, and by 55% over the last five years.<\/p>\n

The figures show Staffordshire bull terriers and bulldog type dogs make up almost a quarter (23%) of deliberate cruelty cases.<\/p>\n

Some experts believe the XL bully ban, external<\/span><\/a> and “alpha-style dog training” is encouraging mistreatment of related types.<\/p>\n

The ban was brought in after the UK government said the breed had been “disproportionately involved”<\/a> in deaths recorded since 2021.<\/p>\n

But teaching assistant Fiona thinks there is now also a stigma around other “muscular” dogs – including Staffordshire bull terriers.<\/p>\n

“Often when we were walking, she was wagging her tail, happy to see other dogs, but people would tend to cross the road,” Fiona said.<\/p>\n

“Duchess would turn back and look at me as if to say, ‘what have I done wrong?’ because she just wanted to say hello.<\/p>\n

“People would think, ‘oh, she’s a nasty dog’. <\/p>\n

“And of course she wasn’t – and they [Staffordshire bull terriers] aren’t.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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