A policing boss was questioned as to why the dogs were destroyed if there were no attacks.
Police commissioner Dan Price said it was possible the XL Bully dogs had been put down on a voluntary basis
Questions were raised as to why so many of the banned breed had been euthanised if there had been no known attacks. Cheshire Police said it had seized 75 dogs and brought 22 prosecutions, with 14 more due to go to court.Councillor Judy Snowball told the panel that "if there have been no attacks in Cheshire, I would be interested in the law behind this".
Panel member Gemma Shepherd-Etchells said she knew of cases of owners asking for their dogs to be euthanised.
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