Moment powerful XL Bully growls at police while pacing garden as force release footage of some of the 800 terrifying encounters officers have had with dangerous dogs over just four months

This is the moment a powerful XL Bully dog growls menacingly at police while pacing a garden – as a video montage depicts some of the frightening encounters officers have had with dangerous dogs.

West Midlands Police said that their team of dangerous dog handlers have attended more than a staggering 800 incidents involving an out-of-control dog between just April and July this year. In that brief window, the force has seized nearly 100 dangerous dogs.

Footage shows the XL Bully bellowing and pacing a garden strewn with rubbish – before an officer can be heard saying ‘good shot’ after the enormous 60kg canine is sedated by a dart.

In another incident, police navigate a large white dog out of a house as it aggressively barks and bites the poles used to move it safely. An officer is then heard calmly telling the dog: ‘It’s alright Charlie’.

The force said it released the footage as it wanted to highlight the work the handlers do to keep the public safe.  

It comes a week after an XL Bully mauled a boy outside a block of flats in Scotland – one of the latest incidents in a wave of attacks which have seen people savaged by the soon-to-be banned breed. 

In the video released by West Midlands Police, the 60kg canine is visibly anxious as it bellows and moves around a garden filled with rubbish

In another video released by West Midlands Police, an officer is heard calling an enormous dog called Hector a ‘good boy’, while another adds: ‘It’s alright we don’t want to hurt you.’ 

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The Great Dane-Mastiff cross remains still as police use poles to prevent a potential attack. Hector is then safely put in a purpose-built cage in the back of a van. 

In Scotland, an 18-year-old boy was mauled by a dog suspected to be an XL Bully outside a block of flats. In a video, he is seen laying helplessly on the ground as the dog relentlessly bites him.

The young man was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment after the savaging by the brown and white hound last week.

This occurred just days after a woman in her 60s was mauled by her pet XL Bully – which she had adopted from Dogs Trust less than a month ago – before it ran into a nearby primary school. 

All pupils at Brisley Church of England Primary Academy were rushed inside the building until the dog named Denvor was tied to a post and the school was able to evacuate. 

Police confirmed that with permission of the owner and in the interest of public safety, the dog was destroyed.

Police navigate a large white dog out of a house as it aggressively barks and bites the poles used to move it safely

In the clips – which were presented by West Midlands Police at an event at a canine training centre at Balsall Common, Solihull – police appear to remain calm as the frightening beasts growl and hurl towards them

A police officer is heard calling an enormous dog called Hector a ‘good boy’, while another adds: ‘It’s alright we don’t want to hurt you’, as they guide it out of the house 

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It then emerged the six stone dog had been adopted by the victim from Dogs Trust Snetterton less than a month before the ‘vicious’ attack. 

Denvor reportedly had ‘no history of aggression’ and was believed to have settled well in his new home. 

The UK animal welfare charity refuse to back the banning of the American XL Bully, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to ban by the end of the year.

In a statement to MailOnline, a Dogs Trust spokesman said: ‘We confirm that there has been an incident involving a dog that had recently been rehomed from our Snetterton rehoming centre, and our priority at this time is to provide as much support as possible to people.

‘Public safety is paramount, but a focus on breed specific legislation is not the best way to achieve this.

‘We continue to call for a radical overhaul of dog control measures to help avoid further tragic incidents and keep members of the public safe.’

The victim was taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with multiple non life-threatening injuries. 

West Midlands Police said they released the footage as the force wanted to highlight the work the handlers do to keep the public safe

An 18-year-old was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment last week after a savaging by a dog suspected to be an XL Bully 

Denvor (pictured) was adopted from Dogs Trust Snetterton less than a month ago. He reportedly had ‘no history of aggression’ and was believed to have settled well in his new home

It comes just weeks after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a promise to ban the XL Bully breed.

In a video announcement posted to X, he said the decision came following a ‘pattern of behaviour [that] cannot go on’.

But the Dog Control Coalition – which is made up of RSPCA, Blue Cross, Battersea, Dogs Trust, Hope Rescue, Scottish SPCA, The Kennel Club and BVA – said ‘banning the breed will sadly not stop these types of incidents recurring.’

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