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Wife and I have been feeding this feral/stray cat that we found living next to our front yard and it has become very friendly with us. These days, it will usually sleep at my front door on a pet cushion we provide for it and wait for us to feed it. Its feeding location is on my driveway because it was there that we originally found him and he likes to hang out there when the weather is good.
This morning when I was feeding him, as always he will meow and play with me a little while I'm cleaning his bowls. My neighbor's young baby girl happened to be outside with her grandmother and they saw me, and I suspect they thought this cat is a domestic animal because after I'm done and returned to my home, I saw them trying to approach the cat from the window of my home office. This cat while friendly with wife and I, is still wild and isn't friendly with other people. Most of the time when other people try to approach , he will bolt and run away. Luckily for everyone, it wasn't any different this time and the cat basically ran away.
I want to ask, if the cat turned aggressive because it didn't want to be driven away from its food by a small sized human (baby girl) and scratch/bit the girl, will I be liable for the attack? Technically speaking, I think my neighbors were trespassing on my property as they were on my front yard without permission.
This morning when I was feeding him, as always he will meow and play with me a little while I'm cleaning his bowls. My neighbor's young baby girl happened to be outside with her grandmother and they saw me, and I suspect they thought this cat is a domestic animal because after I'm done and returned to my home, I saw them trying to approach the cat from the window of my home office. This cat while friendly with wife and I, is still wild and isn't friendly with other people. Most of the time when other people try to approach , he will bolt and run away. Luckily for everyone, it wasn't any different this time and the cat basically ran away.
I want to ask, if the cat turned aggressive because it didn't want to be driven away from its food by a small sized human (baby girl) and scratch/bit the girl, will I be liable for the attack? Technically speaking, I think my neighbors were trespassing on my property as they were on my front yard without permission.