Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "What is done in ourcommunity about injury to a domestic animal, is that the one whoinjures it must pay the amount by which he has diminished the animal'sprice."Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a camelwho attacked a man and he feared for himself and killed it orhamstrung it. He said, "If he has a clear proof that it was headingfor him and had attacked him, there are no damages against him. Ifthere is no clear proof except his word, he is responsible for thecamel."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 38