PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Hours after the Prince George’s County Council voted on Tuesday to lift its 27-year-old pit bull ban , residents rushed to the county animal shelter to adopt dogs who had been placed on an “urgent list” because of overcrowding.

Edwin Allen was among the first to show up. He adopted a 2-year-old dog he fell in love with last week, one he wasn’t allowed to bring home until he proved he no longer lived in the county.

“I fell in love with this lovely dog here, and I don’t regret it at all,” Allen said. “When I went to see her last week, I had to show them proof that I didn’t live in Prince George’s County.”

Allen said Tuesday’s vote came as a relief, not only for him, but for the many dogs who could not be adopted locally because of the decades-old breed res

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