The UK house secretary, Suella Braverman, is pushing for a ban on American bully XL canines after an assault on an 11-year-old lady in Birmingham. Madeleine Finlay hears from Guardian Midlands correspondent Jessica Murray about how this comparatively new breed grew to become so well-liked, and from bioethicist Jessica Pierce about whether or not we have to reevaluate our expectations of canine possession
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