https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/daera-pay-xl-bully-owners-29734001

The Department for Agriculture is offering £200 compensation to dog owners for every XL bull dogs they have euthanised before 2025.

The money offered is intended to cover the vet costs of having the dog euthanised and an additional £100 to compensate the owner for losing their pet.

XL owners who decide they no longer want to keep their bull dogs under new restrictions introduced this year, will qualify for the compensation if they arrange for the dog to be put to sleep before December 31, 2024. The application process for the compensation scheme is now open.

Claims for compensation must be sent to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for processing by 28 February 2025 using the compensation claim form for XL bully owners.

The payment is split into two parts, to include £100 compensation in respect of the loss of the dog and £100 towards the veterinary fees for euthanising the pet. Rehoming organisations can claim £100 towards the veterinary fees for euthanising the XL Bullies they have in their care.

Owners who do not wish to take their pet to a vet for euthanasia or adhere to new rules, can contact DAEAR for arrangements to be made to surrender the dog. The dog will then be destroyed.

XL bully owners have been under new legislation from July 5, 2024 which states they must ensure their XL Bulldog is muzzled and on a lead when in a public place. And they must ensure they are in possession of an exemption certificate. Selling, gifting, exchanging or breeding from an XL Bully type dog is also prohibited. And from December 31, 2024, it will be illegal in Northern Ireland to own an XL Bully type dog without an exemption certificate.

Rescue and rehoming organisations who hold XL Bullies and wish to have them put to sleep can claim £100 towards the cost of euthanasia for the dogs. And for compensation to be payable, they too must arrange for the XL Bully dog to be euthanised prior to the New Year's Eve 2024.

by origutamos

13 comments

  1. I know that people can grow to love any breed of dog, but if your particular dog breed has a paid amnesty that pays more than some countries have paid for illegal guns, it might be time to give up that dog.

  3. People might justly have a concern about these dogs but I’d be more worried about someone who would murder their own pet for money. That’s the mark of a psychopath.

    As someone else rightly said, *this ain’t it*!

  4. i understand this, but like, is anyone gonna enjoy spending £100 compensation after having their pooch put down? not sure this would work for me tbh. then again i dont own a dog that might kill someone

    i have my cat for that

  6. No chance the unscrupulous breeders who spawned this problem will abuse this for monetary gain…

  8. This is fine except you know some sly fuck is going to start picking up dogs for cheap and putting them to sleep for a paycheck.

  9. Dear, oh dear, oh DAERA. They are never done fucking things up and getting everything wrong.

  10. Let’s just make it a really complicated form they have to fill in in triplicate and file only in the Ballykelly office on a Friday morning between 09:00 and 09:15. With two forms of ID and a utility bill.

  11. Any person giving up a dog for £200 needs an automatic lifetime ban on keeping any animal from the day they cash that cheque. Only the shittiest specimens of the human species would even consider that to be a credible offer.

  12. Stupid. Open to so much shit. I’ll bet DAERA don’t even have a system in place thst shows Johnny Bigboybully has zapped 100 of those poor buggers for a good bit of untaxed income.

  13. What a stupid fucking policy. What absolute weapon in DAERA put this forward and how much glue were the others on to agree with it?

    Black market breeders are the reason XL Bully’s are such an issue and there is absolutely no way they won’t be taking advantage of this.

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