Animals (Civil Liability) Act. Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1980 (1985) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-9. Long titleAn Act to reform the law respecting civil liability for animals. Subject Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Ownership Offences/penalties Dangerous animal/harmful animal Liability/compensation Alien species Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act defines civil liability for damage caused by dangerous animals, i.e. animals that belong to a dangerous species. A dangerous species is a species that is not commonly domesticated in Barbados and that are likely, if not restrained, to cause severe damage. The civil liability shall lie with a keeper of the animal, i.e. the adult owner of the animal. The Act also defines civil liability of persons whose livestock trespasses a property in the ownership, possession or control of other persons and civil liability for dogs. The Act further, among other things, sets out exceptions to liability and provides for the detention and sale of trespassing livestock and for the payment of compensation. Full text English Website www.caricomlaw.org