This Act is divided up into 15 sections and contains the following: Definitions (sect. 1); Animal Owners' Liability (sects. 2-4); Animal Control (sects. 5-7); General Provisions (sects. 8-14) and Consequential Amendments, Citation and Coming into Force (sect. 15). Under owners liability, the owner of an animal is liable for damages resulting from harm to a person or to property caused by their animal, however an award of damages can be reduced in proportion to the degree of contributory negligen