A police power has apologised after placing down a household’s pet XL bully canine by mistake.
Lancashire Police stated it has given the household an ‘unreserved apology’ for euthanising the seized canine, named Bruno, whereas the homeowners have been within the strategy of making use of for an exemption to maintain him.
In an announcement, the power stated Bruno was put down because of an ‘administration error’.
Lizzi Collinge, MP for the native space Morecambe and Lunesdale, stated: ‘This must be a ‘by no means occasion’ and I’ve taken this problem up instantly with the police.’
The Authorities introduced within the ban on the muscular canines after they have been blamed for maulings which led to a minimum of 11 deaths since 2021. These killed ranged from 17 months to 84 years of age.
Lancashire Police stated it has given the household an ‘unreserved apology’ for euthanising the seized canine, named Bruno, whereas the homeowners have been within the strategy of making use of for an exemption to maintain him

Lizzi Collinge, MP (left) for Morecambe and Lunesdale, stated: ‘This must be a ‘by no means occasion’ and I’ve taken this problem up instantly with the police.’
‘In August we seized an XL bully canine from an tackle in Morecambe as a part of our powers below the Harmful Canine Act as XL Bully canine are a banned breed,’ the assertion stated.
‘A file was being ready for consideration of the proprietor being prosecuted for the related offences.
‘Nevertheless, sadly, because of an administration error the canine was subsequently euthanised earlier than the courtroom listening to.’
The power added that it has launched a course of ‘to make sure the identical mistake can’t be made once more’.
Lizzi Collinge, MP Morecambe and Lunesdale, informed the BBC that she is demanding solutions over the incident.
‘This must be a ‘by no means occasion’ and I’ve taken this problem up instantly with the police,’ she stated.

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She added: ‘I used to be shocked to see {that a} much-loved pet canine, Bruno, was wrongly euthanised while in police care.
‘Processes ought to have been in place to make sure this by no means occurred.
‘There’s a authorized course of when canine are below police care and it seems this hasn’t been adopted.
‘I’ll proceed to assist the household and I enchantment to the police to reveal how they’re altering their practices in order that that is one thing that may by no means occur once more.’
The XL bully is the fifth canine breed to be banned within the UK, following a spate of assaults on folks final yr.
Different banned breeds embody the pit bull terrier, Japanese rosa, fila brasiliero and dogo argentino.
However assaults have continued regardless of the ban as simply two days after it got here into impact, Esther Martin, 68, was killed by XL bullies inside a property in Jaywick, Essex. Her daughter claimed the canine have been unregistered.

4-year-old XL bully Coby throughout a protest in Dublin’s metropolis centre towards a deliberate ban on XL Bully canine in Eire

The XL bully is the fifth canine breed to be banned within the UK, following a spate of assaults on folks final yr
The XL bully ban, which was criticised closely by lovers of the breed, makes it a prison offence to personal, breed or promote the animals with out permission, and those that have the exemption must neuter their canine and have third-party legal responsibility insurance coverage.
Doug Smith member of Bully Watch, stated: ‘We’ll probably be seeing extra of those assaults. They will not go away.’
‘It’s a actually tough and messy scenario for police to answer. They cannot go door to door to evaluate the homeowners and assess the canine.
‘The ban hasn’t had an impression on the possession of those canine and they’re being rehomed to unsuitable houses illegally.
‘Persons are rehoming these canine to different irresponsible homeowners. It’s a case of idiots giving their canine to different idiots. These folks assume they’re accountable homeowners after they aren’t.
‘It’s fairly unprecedented. They’ve put this ban in place and individuals are nonetheless desirous to take these canine into these houses.’