[Timeout]

If your dog breaks its chain and attacks and kills a neighborhood boy, who may or may not have been taunting it, you would be held responsible. ----- You may claim a defense of: “This chain is strong enough as long as nobody makes him mad.”---- But you would lose your case.

First, if that happened, the least of my concerns would be the lawsuit. I would be overwhelmed with guilt.

But I still think you miss my point. I carefully described a scene far different from some "neighborhood boy" casually walking by and having the dog suddenly snap its chain and attack. The provocation makes a difference. Who among us can say what our dog would do if someone started torturing it, especially if he feared they were trying to invade his territory?

[org.whodat]

The provocation makes a difference.

And you missed the truth in this whole story and others posted about it. There is no proof these boys were doing anything. The sling shot was in their car. It is all if, ands, and, maybes. Who made an illegal search of the kids car???

[muawiyah]

You’re dog wouldn’t do much of anything if he was behind a 20 foot high chain link fence or wall, but if it was a 2 foot fence, he’d tear some new butt.

[Sue Perkick]

I keep seeing people talk about provocation. But I haven’t seen any evidence that it occurred. And even if it were true, the boys would only be guilty of being idiots. I don’t care if they were making faces at the tigers, calling them names or flashing gang signs at them the tiger should not have been able to get out. Period. The zoo is at fault & placed every single visitor in danger by their negligence.