Love Island’s Faye Winter breaks down in tears over XL Bully ban saying ‘I’ve been crying most mornings’
FAYE Winter broke down in tears over the upcoming XL Bully ban and admitted she had been "crying most mornings."
The Love Island alumni, 28, appeared hugely emotional as she took to her Instagram Stories for a video filmed in her pyjamas.
It came as we reported this week how owners of XL Bully dogs have two weeks to ensure their dogs are legal - or face having them seized.
From December 31 the hounds must be microchipped, muzzled and kept on a lead in public and it will be illegal to breed, sell or abandon them.
The ban was brought in after the breed was found to be behind a number of dog attacks that killed Brits.
Yet estate agent turned reality TV star Faye - who is a campaigner for various animal charities - has spoken out on the impact of dogs sent to rescue centres.
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The Guide Dogs UK ambassador told fans: "I am sorry this is the face and state of somebody that has been spending the most of the morning crying because the Government released yesterday that the XL Bullies that have been put into rescue centres - if they were put in before October 31 - then rescue centres can apply for an exemption.
"Which is amazing and that's incredible.
"But if anybody has taken a bit longer to decide if they can keep their XL Bully or if they are going to make themselves homeless if they have needed to speak to their housing association or their landlords to see if they can keep their dog, and they put their dog into a rescue centre after October 31, rescue centres cannot apply for an exemption for those dogs.
"And then on top of that they are then giving £100 as a contribution towards euthanasia."
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Fay then explained that rescue centres would have to take money out of a "fund pot" designed to help the animals to then put them down.
She added: "OK, we keep going.
"We have got one step in the right direction."
Faye said: "Dogs are already being put down and losing their lives in these centres, " before cutting off the video as she became clearly emotional.
The new regulations stipulate that advertising, gifting and exchanging the and they must be kept in a secure place to prevent escape, the Government says.
Owners have been reminded that they can ask a vet to euthanize their pets and claim compensation.
This has to be done at a registered vet by January 31, 2024, and to get compensation you must apply by March 15.
If owners want to keep your Bully after the ban, they must apply for a Certificate of Exemption which will cost £92.40.
Faye previously went braless and flashed her bum as she supported a new animal campaign against the XL Bully ban.
She has previously spoken out and said the breed is misjudged.
Alongside her campaign pictures, Faye wrote: "I got naked in Trafalgar Square for the whales, I’ll be sure to get my bum out for killing all XL Bully’s in rescue centres on the 31st of December because of physical characteristics.
"The irony of them being called rescue centres, the people that work or volunteer there do so for the love of animals as do our vets, veterinary nurses and receptionists.
"They are now going to be told they have to put down healthy, innocent dogs.
"I’m sorry you’ve also been dragged into this for choosing a profession you thought would be helping and saving animals, just goes to show mental health is still not seen, heard or understood even though it took 5,275 lives in 2022 … we have 14 days."
The PM said the breed will be outlawed under the Dangerous Dogs Act following a spate of terrifying attacks.
He said he shared the nation's "horror" at several videos showing vicious maulings in recent days, including of children.
Mr Sunak said: "It's clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs, it's a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on."
He has ordered officials to work on defining the dangerous breed so it can be banned under the existing Dangerous Dogs Act.
Until 2021 there were about three deaths a year from XL Bullys, but 2024 has seen 23.
American XL Bullys are said to have originated in the US in the late 1980s and are mixed-breed, comprising the American pit bull terrier and the American Staffordshire terrier.
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A Sun on Sunday probe in early 2023 found canines being offered for as much as £2,500 online.
People with dangerously out-of-control dogs can be jailed for 14 years and banned from owning animals, and their pets can be put down.
