Articles on Animal Law
My Neighbor is Using my Gated Yard as her Dog’s Toilet, Is This Trespassing?
My yard is fenced with entrance gates at the front and back of the property. I have found during recent weeks that a neighbor has been opening the front gate where the sidewalk is and entering my yard to allow her dog to use lawn and sometimes that side of the house as its personal toilet. Since my yard is gated and the neighbor is entering through a latched gate, can it be considered trespassing?
I asked my X-girlfriend to watch my dog for a few weeks and now she has refused to give him back, are there any laws pertaining to a situation like this? Perhaps animal theft or kidnapping of a animal?
For four days I did volunteer work for someone who owns over 100 exotic cats. I found the conditions deplorable and contacted an organization they belong to. Can these people sue me for describing the conditions of their place to the founder/president of the organization they belong to (an organization for cat breeders)?
My husband hit a dog with his vehicle on a very busy road. Apparently the dog received over $6,000 in medical attention, and now the owner of the dog wants us to pay the bill. Can we be held liable if the dog ran into the road, without a leash on, nor a fence on the property?
I recently adopted a young male kitten from Oakland (CA) Animal Shelter. Their policy is to neuter all cats, even very young kittens, before adoption. However, this kitten was sick so they postponed the procedure and let me bring him home. Now they are insisting that I neuter him now, but I think that he is too young and the vets that I have consulted agree. What can I do?
The Home Owners Association of which I am a member is submitting for approval an amendment to the current Covenants which would proscribe the keeping of horses. Since horses were specifically allowed when I purchased my property and I have already invested in stalls and tack.
My wife and I recently bought a house on 80 acres that has an easement. The easement owner wants to use it to cross cattle; can we keep him from doing so?
“My dog is being ordered to be destroyed by the city and I feel this is far too severe of a punishment considering the circumstances. What can I do?”
If an unleashed dog attacks a dog on leash, even if the unleashed dog is injured, the owner of the unleashed dog is likely to be held responsible.
Can a homeowner be held responsible to her neighbor for damage done to the neighbor’s yard by the homeowner’s daughter’s dog? The answer is, most likely.
