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Man who claims illegal offspring of world’s biggest Pitbull are in UK shares how people cheat the system

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Updated 07:37 5 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 07:28 5 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Man who claims illegal offspring of world’s biggest Pitbull are in UK shares how people cheat the system

Marlon Greenan owns Hulk, a twelve-stone Pitbull, and believes that some of his offspring might be in the UK

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@iam_thehulk

Topics: Dogs, Animals, Crime, UK News

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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A man who owns the world’s biggest Pitbull dog has explained how he thinks people are getting banned dogs into the UK.

There’s much discussion of banned dogs at the moment, with American XL Bully dogs expected to be added to the list of illegal breeds, joining Pitbull terriers, the Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro.

Yesterday, a man was charged with murder after a suspected dog attack in Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland.

It’s clear that illegal dogs are entering the UK somehow, but how is that possible?

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Well, Marlon Greenan, the owner of a dog called Hulk that is twelve and a half stone and reportedly worth two million quid, has his theories.

Greenan, who trains protection dogs in New Hampshire, USA, believes that ‘maybe even one or two’ of his dog’s offspring are already in the UK.

Here's Grennan's dog Hulk.
Instagram/@iam_thehulk

Pitbulls have been banned since the Dangerous Dogs Act was brought forward in 1991, but Hulk fathered a litter of eight puppies back in 2016, and Greenan reckons some are on these shores.

"I have a large fan base in the UK and people will message me saying we’ve seen such and such a dog, so I know that Hulk’s grandchildren are in the UK and maybe even one or two of his direct kids," he said.

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"I’ve never sent my dogs to the UK myself.

"There’s no way I would send a pit bull to a country where they are banned.

"But the bottom line is you can’t stop specific breeds getting into Britain because there will always be people who break the rules."

Outlining how the dogs do actually end up in the UK illegally, he admits that it can be pretty easy, really.

"It’s a lot easier than you would assume,” Greenan explained.

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“It’s quite simple.

“The dog just comes with paperwork that says it’s something else other than a pit bull or XL,

"Breed-specific bans just don’t work. If people want to break the law and get these animals into the country then they will.

"A lot of people just want to get rich from dogs.

"The Government needs to take the money it will use to enforce the ban and use it to educate people on how to raise their dogs properly."

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Marlon Greenan and Hulk, who stands at six-feet on his hind legs.
Instagram/@iam_thehulk

To get into the UK, an animal must be vaccinated, microchipped, and have a pet or health certificate, according to the UK government’s website.

On September 15, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to have the XL Bully banned following a number of attacks.

He said: "The American XL Bully Dog is a danger to our communities, particularly our children.

"I share the nation's horror at the recent videos we've all seen.

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"Yesterday we saw another suspected XL Bully Dog attack, which has tragically led to a fatality.

"It's clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs.

"It's a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on."

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