Anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution — life for life. The animal homicide case — killing another person's animal — requires restitution: life for life in the commercial sense. The taking of another person's animal is compensated by the provision of an equivalent animal. The life-for-life principle applied to animals communicates the commercial equivalence without the absolute accountability of human life: the animal's life is compensated by material restitution; the human's life is compensated only by the killer's life.

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