110.04. Liability of Owner or Keeper of a Dog or Other Animal-Statutory Strict Liability
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110.04 Liability of Owner or Keeper of a Dog or Other Animal--Statutory Strict Liability The law provides that [the owner of an animal] [a person keeping an animal] [a person harboring an animal] [a person who knowingly permits an animal to remain or about any premise occupied by that person] is liable in damages for injuries sustained from any attack or injury by the animal on a person peacefully conducting [himself] [herself] in a place where [he] [she] may lawfully be [unless that person [or another] provoked the animal] [or] [unless that person [or another] knew of the presence of the animal and of the unusual and dangerous nature of the animal and provoked it]. [The term "provoked" means any action or activity, whether intentional or unintentional, which would be reasonably expected [to cause a normal animal in similar circumstances to react in a manner similar to that shown by the evidence] [or] [to cause an animal with an unusual and dangerous nature to react in a manner similar to that shown by the evidence].] Instruction revised June 2009.