A leading animal charity is calling for the immediate ban of American bulldogs after a woman was mauled to death.
Ann Dunn, 65, was mauled to death by multiple dogs in a property on St Brigids Crescent, Vauxhall. Emergency services were called at around 4.25pm on Monday, October 3, and fought to save the mum's life.
However, she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Officers also attended and cordoned off the scene, from Vauxhall Road to Alderney Road, as an investigation into the incident was launched.
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Merseyside police have since confirmed an investigation has been launched. Five American bulldogs, which were inside the property, were handed over and have since been humanely destroyed.
Now, PETA (People for the ethical treatment of animals) are calling for the American bulldog breed to be banned in light of Ann's death.
PETA’s Vice President of Programmes, Elisa Allen, said: "Mourning can’t be allowed to continue to replace action to stop these repeated, tragic attacks. People must stop denying the irrefutable fact that most serious and fatal dog attacks are by “bully” breeds, deliberately created by humans to be easily provoked into fighting without being distracted or deterred from a kill.
"These dogs are bred to be strong-jawed and ultra-muscular, with a trigger that we do not yet understand. When dogs attack humans, it can certainly be because the dog has been tormented, over-disciplined, beaten, poorly socialised, isolated, or restricted in their movement by caging or chaining by a current or previous owner, but that isn’t always the case.
“'Bully' breeds have been selectively bred for over a century specifically to attack. Uncomfortable as it may be to face, the way to prevent more attacks is to stop allowing these types of dogs to be bred.
"It is of the utmost urgency that we take this step to protect humans and other animals from a danger of our own making."
Detective Inspector Katie Coote said: “This is clearly a very distressing incident and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the lady who died. Our enquiries remain ongoing as we seek to establish what has happened and I would urge anyone who could assist our enquiries to get in touch.”
Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC or @CrimestoppersUK on 0800 555 111 quoting reference 22000731247.
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