The death of a child in a pit bull attack has some Lowell officials upset that they have no power to regulate dog breeds.
The state legislature voted in 2012 to ban cities and towns from passing breed specific ordinances.
Lowell City Councilor Rodney Elliott says it makes no sense that the city can ban chickens but can't regulate pit bulls.
A seven-year-old boy died when he entered a fenced area off Clare Street on Saturday and was attacked by two pit bulls.