Athens City Code

Any person who owns, keeps, or harbors any animal which, while upon the premises of another, or upon public property, causes damage or injury to any person, domestic animal, or property shall be held liable in damages to such person, domestic animal or property. The lack of knowledge of the vicious or destructive nature of such animal shall have no bearing upon the question of liability of the person owning, keeping, or harboring such animal.

(Code 1972, § 3-116; Code 1995, § 10-116)