(1) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 , 76-13-101 , and 76-13-201 apply to this section. (2) An actor commits allowing a vicious animal to go at large if: (a) the actor is an owner of a vicious animal, knowing the animal's propensities, and: (i) willfully allows the animal to go at large; or (ii) keeps the animal without ordinary care; and (b) the animal, while at large, or while not kept with ordinary care, causes injury to or the death of another animal or a human being who has taken reasonable precautions under the circumstances. (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a violation of Subsection (2) is a class B misdemeanor. (b) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony if the animal causes the death of a human being. Renumbered and
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