Although the American Bully looks ferocious, the dogs are calm and collected and considered family pets because they are good with children.

Two years ago, 27-year-old Jack* adopted his American Bulldog Murphy from a rescue centre. A careful regime of structured training since has led the pair to come first in several canine obedience ...

It became illegal to own an XL bully, the largest type of American bully dog, without an exemption certificate from 1 February last year after former prime minister Rishi Sunak declared the breed ...

An XL bully is the largest kind of American bully dog ... Official figures do not break down the number of attacks or deaths by type of dog. When the previous government announced the XL bully ...