XL Bully type dogs 1215/2025

FOI Reference: 1215/2025

Request

From January 1 2025 to November 19 2025, how many suspected XL bully type dogs in your force area:

1. Have been seized and held in police kennels?
2. Have been deemed to be XL bully dogs?
3. Have been destroyed?
4. Have been seized, later deemed not to be XL bully dogs, and returned to their owners.
5. How many dogs of different breeds have been seized and what breeds were they?

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested:-

Response Q1

31

Response Q2

29

Response Q3

17

Response Q4

2

Response Q5

XL Bully 31

Standard Bully 2

German Shepherd 1

Spaniel 2

Akita 1

Pit Bull Terrier 3

Staffie 2

Micro Bully 1

Pocket Bully 2

Rottweiler 1

Collie 2

Old Tyme Bulldog 1

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 19/12/2025)