Liability for Dogs

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Unit 9

• Liability for Dogs Livestock

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Strict liability

• Livestock fowl destroyed off dog owners
  premises
• Dangerous dog anywhere
• Dog running at large at night

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Permissible killings of dogs

• Mad
• Killed humans, sheep, cattle, hogs, goats or
  poultry
• Running at large in wildlife refuge
• Destruction authorized by agency

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Criminal liability

• Dogs in heat running at large
• Owner of dog that has killed humans or livestock
  allows to run at large
• Failure to kill mad dog
• Leaving dangerous dog unattended
• transfer of ownership of dangerous dog w/o notice

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Definition of a dangerous dog

• Killed or inflicted serious injury to a person
• Kept for dog fighting
• Declared dangerous by authority

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Livestock

• Fence-in states
• Fence-out states

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NC rules

• Livestock running at large
• Criminal liability
• Civil liability (damages v. accidents)
• Poultry running at large
• Criminal liability
• Civil liability
• Finders of livestock poultry
• Livestock on ones own property