Georgia law addresses injuries from animals other than dogs through the same vicious or dangerous animal framework, since the governing statute applies to animals generally. The principles carry over regardless of the kind of animal.
The statute is not limited to dogs. O.C.G.A. 51-2-7 reaches a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind, so its scope extends well beyond dogs. The same liability framework applies to other animals.
A dangerous propensity still matters. As with dogs, liability often turns on whether the animal had a dangerous propensity and whether the owner managed it carelessly. A horse known to kick or an animal prone to charge raises the same propensity question.
Some settings add their own questions. Injuries involving livestock, or animals in particular circumstances, can bring in considerations tied to those settings. The species changes, but the focus on a known tendency and careless handling does not.
The core question carries across animals. Whether the keeper failed to restrain a goat that had butted people before or a captive exotic with a known temper, the inquiry is the same one, since the statute speaks to dangerous propensity rather than to any one kind of creature.
Coverage of injuries from animals other than dogs turns on the statute’s broad reach, the relevance of a dangerous propensity, and the added questions some settings raise.