Recently, an 8-year-old boy in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province was bitten by a dog, with more than 90 stitches on his face, although the local public security department made every effort to find it, the dog owner has not been found The news is circulating on the Internet. Whether the boy's ** expenses and the compensation for the follow-up plastic surgery costs can be successfully realized is in a state of uncertainty, the author believes:
1. If the owner of the dog is finally found through the efforts of the public security department, then, according to the provisions of Article 1245 of the Civil Code of China, the owner or manager of the dog shall be liable for compensation;
2. If the dog is abandoned or escaped, and the damage to the boy is caused during the period of abandonment or escape, and the original owner of the dog can be found, the original owner or manager shall be liable for compensation in accordance with the provisions of Article 1249 of the Civil Code of China;
3. If the abandoned or escaped dog causes damage to the boy during the abandoned or escaped period and the original owner cannot be found or the dog is an ownerless stray dog, in this case, there is no clear legal provision on the liability of the dog for injury to the boy, but each local government currently has local regulations or regulations on raising animals, which determine the competent authorities for stray animals, such as urban management law enforcement, public security departments, The city appearance and environmental sanitation management department, etc., the competent department should be liable for the damage caused by stray or ownerless animals, and at the same time, the property management department, the catering department, etc. should also bear the corresponding responsibility for the damage.