What is the doctrine in law and what is the effect of keeping an animal in a cage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from City of Burnaby v. Thandi et al, 2005 BCSC 1478 (CanLII):
The doctrine in Rylands v. Fletcher (1866) L.R. 1 Ex. 265 at 279, affirmed (1868), L.R. 3 H.L. 330 is stated by Blackburn J.: We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequences of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape was…the consequence of vis major, or the act of God …
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