After Fatal Pit Bull Mauling, the City of Prescott Bans Pit Bulls
Emergency Declared
Prescott, AR - Nineteen days after a pit bull killed
Matthew Clayton Hurt, the Prescott City Council
declared an emergency to approve an ordinance banning pit bulls. The ordinance was approved on November 16. Prescott now joins a number of Arkansas cities that ban pit bulls including: De Queen, Dierks, Jacksonville, Lonoke, Maumelle, Mineral Springs, Mountain Home, Nashville, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Russellville, Sherwood and Siloam Springs.
Other Arkansas cities regulate pit bulls by declaring them "dangerous" or "potentially dangerous" and include: Little Rock, Siloam Springs and Stuttgart.
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