Dog bites, as most people know, make up the majority of injuries caused by animals. In fact, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) has estimated that more than 4 million people are bitten by dogs in a year. However, did you know that other kinds of animals, injure and kill thousands of people ever year in the United States?
Keeping a pet dog is undoubtedly one of the most cherished forms in which the constitutionally protected right to own personal property is exercised. To most people it is more than ownership of mere personal property. More than once courts have recognized that the keeping of such pets is such an important part of our way of life and have recognized the perhaps sentimental but nonetheless universally strong affection of [hu]mankind for the dog. But while the vast majority of dogs behave like the furry best friends long known to humankind, dog bites are not uncommon.
