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Arden kept two animals at a rural retreat: a privately owned lynx and a large mixed-breed dog. The lynx was kept behind a locked enclosure and had never before escaped. One afternoon, a storm knocked a tree branch onto the enclosure latch. The lynx slipped out and bit a delivery driver who was walking on the driveway.
Arden's dog had twice bitten visitors who reached toward its food bowl and had lunged at delivery drivers from the porch. Arden knew of those incidents. Later the same day, while the dog was unleashed in the yard, it bit a different delivery driver who stepped onto the porch with a package.
Both drivers sue Arden. Analyze strict liability for each animal-related injury and any limits on recovery.