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\n\t\tAisleyne Horgan-Wallace was left in \u2018agony\u2019 after an XL Bully attack (Picture: Instagram\/ITV)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tAisleyne Horgan-Wallace was left in \u2018agony\u2019 after an XL Bully attack (Picture: Instagram\/ITV)<\/p>\n
Reality TV star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, best known for appearing on Big Brother<\/a>, was rushed to hospital after being bitten by an XL Bully.<\/p>\n The media personality, who has an extensive history in reality television and has featured on Loose Women<\/a> and Good Morning Britain<\/a>, issued a warning to her followers after the incident.<\/p>\n Revealing that she is now \u2018in agony\u2019, the 47-year-old shared a photo of her injury, bandaged up on the shoulder and in clear discomfort as she awaited treatment.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019ve been bitten by an XL BULLY!!!!!\u2019, she stated, adding that \u2018you can see [her] bone\u2019.<\/p>\n In a second, she posed next to the dog, taken a few minutes before he attacked her.<\/p>\n \u2018Everyone knows I\u2019m a dog mummy. I love\u00a0dogs. This dog loved me, then for a split second for no reason he didn\u2019t\u2026,\u2019 she wrote.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t \u2018Please please please understand how to raise and how these babies can switch.\u2019<\/p>\n In a later post, she said she\u2019s \u2018thankful\u2019 the bite wasn\u2019t on her face or neck and \u2018glad\u2019 the victim wasn\u2019t a child.<\/p>\n \u2018Sad I\u2019m scarred for life,\u2019 she added. \u2018Glad it wasn\u2019t a child and it was me\u2026 So conflicted.<\/p>\n \u2018Dogs are pact animals they need you to be their leader. It makes them feel safe to know you are in control.<\/p>\n \u2018If you let them do mad behaviour they will eventually execute that.<\/p>\n \u2018Big dogs are so powerful\u2026 protect your kids it ain\u2019t a joke [sic]\u2019.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t Upon returning home to her own dogs, Aisleyne thanked her 900,000+ followers for their supportive messages, replying to one who shared that their friend\u2019s daughter was killed in a dog attack, leaving the BB housemate feeling \u2018lucky in this instance\u2019.<\/p>\n As of February 2024, it is a criminal offence to own or\u00a0possess an\u00a0XL Bully\u00a0dog in England and Wales unless you have a valid Certificate of Exemption. The rules came into force later in Scotland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n The ban was enforced under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 following a series of attacks, which police said had put a \u2018huge burden\u2019 on forces.<\/p>\n As the largest kind of American Bully dog, the XL Bully is described as having \u2018a muscular body and blocky head, suggesting great strength and power\u2019. Their coat is glossy and smooth, and adults are around 19-20 inches in height.<\/p>\n Between 2023 and 2024, NHS England recorded almost 11,000 hospital admissions for dog bites in England. In Wales, there were 600 hospitalisations from dog bites and over 1,100 in Scotland.<\/p>\n The government declared that the dog breed had been \u2018disproportionately involved\u2019 in deaths recorded since 2021.<\/p>\n \t\t And since the ban was brought in, fatalities involving the dogs have fallen \u2013 there were 10 in the UK in 2024, and four in 2025, yet attacks still happen.<\/p>\n Several cases have seen owners and children killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Police now have the authority to seize unregistered prohibited dogs, and owners face up to six months in jail and\/or an unlimited fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n The public response to the ban has been mixed, though, with celebrities like Tom Hardy<\/a> previously branding it \u2018extreme\u2019.<\/p>\n As a previous XL Bully owner, the Venom<\/a> actor, 48, said his dog, Cass, had been a \u2018deeply kind and loving companion\u2019.<\/p>\n Taking to Instagram<\/a>, he said that many pets \u2018pose no threat whatsoever\u2019, but he was still \u2018deeply concerned by the rise in the number of dog attacks\u2019.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018We must ensure that dogs do not pose a risk to people and that measures in place to protect the public are effective,\u2019 he added. \u2018But a blanket ban on bully\u2019s is extreme and avoids blame where it lies at the detriment to many pets that pose no threat whatsoever. We can do better. My dog Cass was an XL Bully and she was great [sic]\u2019.<\/p>\n Others who spoke out included Love Island<\/a>\u2019s Faye Winter<\/a>, who said she felt that dog owners were being \u2018discriminated against\u2019 and called for the government (helmed by Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives at the time) to see the \u2018positive side\u2019 of the breed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Gemma Atkinson<\/a> called the attacks on people \u2018horrendous\u2019 but believed that dogs are a \u2018product of [their] environment\u2019.<\/p>\n So far this year, reports of attacks and convictions have included a man being found guilty after his XL Bully savaged an 84-year-old man on a driveway<\/a>. The seven-stone dog was shot 10 times by officers; the incident proved fatal, as John McColl died five weeks later.<\/p>\n On the same day that Sean Garner was convicted and told he would receive a \u2018substantial prison sentence\u2019, another man, Ashley Warren, was\u00a0jailed<\/a> for more than 10 years after his XL Bully dog mauled his ex-partner\u2019s mother<\/a>, Esther Martin, to death.<\/p>\n Arrow![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_303288358-78f3.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe Big Brother star revealed that her shoulder had been bitten to the point where bone was visible (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_303288355-e4c1.jpg\")
\n\t\tShe issued a warning to her 900,00+ followers (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_303288352-6129.jpg\")
\n\t\tAisleyne has been \u2018scarred for life\u2019 (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_303288351-d467.jpg\")
\n\t\tShe thanked fans for their supportive messages after returning home to her own dogs (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_303288446-c545.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe TV personality is a proud dog lover (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n![\"File](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SEI_237758576-647a.jpg\")
\n\t\tAs of February 2024, it is a criminal offence to own or\u00a0possess an\u00a0XL Bully\u00a0dog in England and Wales unless you have a valid Certificate of Exemption (Picture: Jacob King\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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