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Today, Explained

Man’s best friend banned in UK

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says his government will ban a type of dog called the American Bully XL — a relative of the pit bull. Political editor Tom McTague and writer Bronwen Dickey explain the complex politics and charged history of an iconic dog. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're listening on the radio, what you can see here is a group of people surrounding

0:05.3

this dog trying to wrestle the dog off somebody who had been attacked.

0:10.4

We know that an 11-year-old girl was the first victim in this incident.

0:14.7

An 11-year-old British girl named Anna Pahn survived an attack earlier this month by

0:19.2

a dog that's believed to be an American bully Excel.

0:23.0

52-year-old Ian Price who was also attacked by two dogs also believed to be bully

0:27.6

Excel's, also this month, did not survive.

0:31.3

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak soon acted.

0:34.2

We will then ban the breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and new laws will be in place by

0:39.0

the end of the year.

0:40.0

They're not a breed, but go on Prime Minister.

0:41.8

These dogs are dangerous.

0:43.5

I want to reassure the public that we will take all necessary steps to keep people safe.

0:49.2

Coming up is a bully ban a legitimate response to these attacks, or are bullies being bullied?

0:57.6

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