Agreed. My opinion is that if an animal causes damage, the law should observe it as if the owner committed the act.
Put them on trial for mauling a child. Might make a few people wake up and smell the roses.
I love dogs, but I don't trust them around my children. I had dogs for most of my adult life. However, any creature that is bigger than my four year old is not allowed in my house. I watch them in Mom attack mode when we are out in the street.
People need to understand that dogs are dogs and not humans.
I have a friend who kept her dog after he bit her son twice. Sorry, she is a loon. She calls the "puppy" (10 years old) another one of her children.