Laws on pet attacks urged

A legal practitioner has called on authorities to improve the country's laws on pet attacks, saying that in most cases owners bear no criminal liability even if their animals cause someone's death.

The issue has come to the forefront after three pet wolf dogs attacked and killed a 4-year-old boy in the Liujuniu village of Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Nov 26.

"As far as I know, the country does not have any specific laws on pet attacks," Wang Yi, a lawyer with the city's Hede Law Firm, said yesterday.