Having an XL bully is “like owning a loaded firearm”, police have said after officers had to unload 19 rounds into two dogs to stop a “ferocious” attack on an 84-year-old man.
The chief constable of Cheshire constabulary, Mark Roberts, said: “This was an innocent man who was simply walking in the street when he was horrifically attacked by a suspected unregistered XL bully.
The force said firearms officers had to discharge 19 shots into two dogs to destroy them during the incident on Bardsley Avenue in Warrington.
Officers had to fire 19 rounds into two dogs to stop incident in Warrington that left victim fighting for his life.
Cheshire constabulary said an XL bully had escaped from a nearby property before it attacked the man.
