Defects In Animal Tort Liability Of China

With the consideration of the case that a tiger in Badaling wild zoo attacked visitors(one people died and the other one injured badly)and the other case that tigers in NingBo's zoo attacked a visitor which bumped into zoo without ticket,the defects about animals tort in China begun to be appeared.This article will analysis of China's current liability for damage inflicted by wild animals,domestic animals,zoo animals and adopted or escaping animals,and will also introduce the new types of animal torts,on the subject of classifications,responsibility bearings,the distributions of the liability.What's more,the article will discuss about the distinctions between "compensation" and "compensation of penalty" in the liability of wild animals,and whether more strict liability principles should be applied to zoos animals torts,as well as the barking problems which disturb people's normal lives and the problems of infection among animals.This paper will quote several examples of social events about animals torts to prove the collision and chaos existing between China's animal damage law and the society.Meanwhile,through a comparison with other countries about the liability of animals torts,this paper will explore a more suitable way to promote harmony society between citizens and animals in China.