Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley has called for a complete "extermination" of the XL Bully breed after another owner has suffered a fatal attack.
23-year-old Nicole Morey was mauled to death on her birthday by her own XL Bully at her home in County Limerick.
In a statement, Irish Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys said she was "absolutely appalled" by the death.
She added: "I have asked the group to examine the restricted breeds list, in line with actions being taken in the UK and Northern Ireland." Although there are restricted breeds, no breed of dog is completely banned in the Republic of Ireland.
Peter Bleksley has called for a complete 'extermination' of the XL Bully breed
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Reacting to the death on GB News, Bleksley called for further action to the taken and that the breed should "not exist entirely".
He told host Patrick Christys: "I've been saying this for some time. Here we are yet again, discussing the utterly needless loss of yet another life. These stories are happening far too frequently.
Criticising the current UK laws surrounding XL Bullies, Bleksley fumed at the "pointless exercise" implemented by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Bleksley stated: "You can't tell Rover not to kill someone just because he or she's been licensed. It is time now to round them up and as humanely as can possibly be done, exterminate them."
Another owner in London was also recently mauled to death by her own XL Bully
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In complete disagreement with Bleksley, Dog Trainer John Allison said it is the "owners that need to be licensed" and not the dog breeds.
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Allison told GB News: "Peter is so far off the mark when it comes to anything in regards to dogs. You talk about licensing of dogs - it is the owners that we must license, and it's a serious lack of education that is leading to these incidents taking place.
"These deaths are extremely sad regardless of the dog breed. We do not want to see any deaths or injuries take place."
Throwing the argument back to Bleksley, the ex-cop hit back at Allison's "shocking naivety" towards the issue.
Bleksley hit back: "I'm afraid John's naivety for a man who makes a living out of dogs is rather shocking. Let's not forget this XL Bully breed was bred in the US, an amalgamation of two other breeds to make it as violent as they possibly could.
Dog trainer John Allison argued that dog owners should be licensed rather than specific dog breeds
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"It unfortunately has found its way to the UK, where lives are being lost on a regular basis, not to mention children and others being mauled by these savage beasts, until we round them up and exterminate this breed permanently.
"I've been calling for that for some time. My conscience will be clear the next time somebody is killed by one. I wonder if John will be able to say the same."
When asked by Patrick if it is possible to "now train all XL Bullies not to kill someone", Allison made clear that a "dogs genetics cannot be changed".
Allison explained: "The genetic makeup of a dog plays a massive part if a dog is inherently dangerous. Almost all aggression stems from fear.
"When you are looking at the irresponsible and negligent breeding of these dogs post 2020, this is where the pure breeding was implemented and they started to breed dogs that had nervous tendencies, which is leading to the aggression."