Behind the high fences, under the watch of CCTV cameras, there is a loud chorus of barks. When dangerous or banned dogs are seized, this is where many of them are taken.
I wayched this, it was chilling.
Panorama was given rare access to one of the private specialist kennels now regularly used to hold these dogs since XL bully bans were introduced across the UK in 2024. The kennels take on seized or abandoned animals that police are unable to house themselves.
A place that wouldn't have to exist if only police used their ARVs at the scene of an attack and resolved the problen then and there.
When an attack happens, Mark and his team get the call to go and seize the dog. Sometimes it is still with the body of its victim, Mark tells us.
Which puts him at risk of scenes like this one. Whatever he's paid it isn't enough.
Attacks are likely to get worse before they get better, as dogs bought before the ban reach maturity, the police tactical lead for dangerous dogs in England and Wales told us.
"The legislation doesn't work. My daughter wouldn't be dead now if it did work," Morgan Dorsett's mother, Marie Smith, told us. "The law needs to change."
No, the application of it needs to change. But you'll go old and grey waiting for the government yo do anuthing...
In a statement, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - which deals with dangerous dogs in England and Wales - said it was "continuing to assess whether the current dog control rules are sufficient to ensure communities are protected".
What are you waiting for?
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