Wisconsin · Wisconsin Statutes — Criminal Code (Ch. 939–951)
Wis. Stat. (Criminal Code) § 940.07: Homicide resulting from negligent control of vicious animal
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class G felony if they knowingly allow a vicious animal to roam uncontrolled or fail to confine it with ordinary care, and the animal kills someone who took reasonable precautions to avoid it.
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