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The tribunal of British Columbia's civil account dismissed a woman's claim for damages after she was bitten by a dog in her residential building, and referred to the legal principle that “every dog ​​is entitled to one”.

Ying Shen headed towards the lobby of her apartment complex in Vancouver to wish the Concierge holidays of the building when she left the elevator and met her neighbor Jeffrey Dale Polo, who returned from a walk with his daughter's Mini Australian Hunde. When they got to another, the linen dog bit their hand. Polo apologized and explained that Julia was “normally well dazed”.

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Later she submitted an incident report to the city of Vancouver. A statutory officer examined and found that Julia was not considered aggressive after the animal control, even though the dog was found as not licensed.

In the decision of the tribunal published on May 5, 2025, Tribunal member Peter Nyhuus said that an animal owner according to the BC law was liable for the damages caused by their animal if they knew or should know that the dangerous tendency of the animal would have.
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Nyhuus noticed that it is unlikely that Julia had already bitten, since such an incident would have attracted the attention of a statute officer, especially in view of the dog's non -licensed status.
“As I sympathize with Miss Shen, I have to use the law as it looks,” said Nyhuus. “In the eyes of the law, what happened on December 24th was essentially an accident that nobody is to blame for.”

As a result, Shen's claim to compensation of $ 4,862.62 was rejected.