Disturbing footage shows an XL bully owner beating his pet and whipping it with a metal lead.
Gareth Cox admitted to ‘hitting the dog approximately nine times with a metal lead’ – a breach of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 – at Willesden Magistrates’ Court.
In the shocking video of the 45-year-old’s brutal attack, he is also seen hoisting his dog, named Cyrus, up by its throat and can be heard saying: ‘Don’t run off, you stupid f*****g dog’.
He pleaded guilty in court to failing to prevent his pet XL Bully from suffering.
An expert dog trainer who viewed the footage said Cox’s behaviour was abusive and could potentially have made the XL Bully more aggressive.
The dog has now been seized and taken into police kennels.
Cox also admitted to breaching the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 by allowing a ‘fighting dog’ to be in a public place without a muzzle or lead.
He will be sentenced in February.
Gareth Cox admitted to ‘hitting the dog approximately nine times with a metal lead’ – a breach of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 – at Willesden Magistrates’ Court
In the video of the 45-year-old’s brutal attack, he is also seen hoisting his dog, named Cyrus, up by its throat and can be heard saying: ‘Don’t run off, you stupid f*****g dog.’
Cox pleaded guilty in court to failing to prevent his pet XL Bully from suffering
It comes as an investigation has found that police have destroyed more than three dangerous dogs a day on average since the XL Bully ban came in nearly a year ago.
Forces in England and Wales say the cost of kennelling thousands of seized dogs, often for several months at a time, is now costing the taxpayer £25million a year – with many facilities at full capacity.
A crackdown on restricting the breeding and sale of XL Bullies came into force on December 31 last year following a spate of horrific attacks on the public. Then in February, it became illegal to own the breed unless it was registered before the deadline.
The XL Bully became the fifth breed to be banned in Britain, adding to the pit bull terrier, Japanese Tosa, Doga Argentino and Fila Braziliero.
When the new laws came in, the government estimated there were around 10,000 XL Bully dogs in England and Wales. However, this was a major underestimate, with the figure more like 57,000.
Based on FOI figures from 19 police forces in England and Wales, the BBC found that 1,991 suspected banned dogs were seized in the first months of 2024. That is up from 283 in the whole of 2023.
Meanwhile, figures showed that 818 dogs had been destroyed, more than double than in 2023.
More than half of the forces that responded to questions about their kennels said they were full or near capacity.
An expert dog trainer who viewed the footage said Cox’s behaviour was abusive and could potentially have made the XL Bully more aggressive
Cox also admitted to breaching the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 by allowing a ‘fighting dog’ to be in a public place without a muzzle or lead
The dog has now been seized and taken into police kennels
Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate
Chief Constable Mark Hobrough, the NPCC lead for dangerous dogs, said the cost of kennels and vet bills had risen from £4million to £25million, without taking into account added costs of training staff, buying extra vehicles and equipment and renting short-term kennels.
He said a ‘strong request’ was being put forward by the NPCC for the Government to provide more funding.
Policing the ban has proved to be made more challenging because working out whether a dog is an XL Bully can require specialist training or external expertise, which means keeping them in kennels for longer.
An XL bully is the largest kind of American bully dog and are described as large dogs ‘with a muscular body and blocky head, suggesting great strength and power for [their] size’.
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