Spring Hill boy treated for multiple facial dog bites

Incident summary

SWARK Today reported that a case opened when a deputy responded to Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center, where a 4-year-old boy was being treated for multiple dog bites to the face; the report tied the incident to an uncontrolled-animal prosecution.

Source language / attribution

SWARK Today reported that a case opened when a deputy responded to Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center, where a 4-year-old boy was being treated for multiple dog bites to the face; the report tied the incident to an uncontrolled-animal prosecution.

Breed attribution

Breed is recorded only when explicitly described in the reviewed source; otherwise BiteDB records unknown / not reported.

Victims and dogs involved

• Victim(s): 4-year-old boy
• Dog(s): 1 dog
• Location: Spring Hill, Arkansas; public map uses city-level approximate geography only

Legal / animal-control status

Publicly reviewed sources did not establish a final court or animal-control disposition unless noted in the summary.

Confidence note

Added during the state-minimum scrub from a current public report or official/publicly indexed source. Location is approximate and breed is not inferred.

Sources

• First conviction secured under new uncontrolled animal law following child’s severe injuries Public report / official or local media reporting