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After being bitten by a dog in a residential area in Liaoning, Zou Mou poisoned several pet dogs by placing chicken livers mixed with rat poison under the flower beds and tree walls in the community. He was prosecuted for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means. During the trial, Zou's defense lawyer argued that Zou did not have the subjective intent to endanger public safety, that the location where the poisoned chicken livers were placed should not be considered a public place, and that solid chicken livers would not poison the air, soil, or water bodies. Therefore, the act should be punished as the crime of intentional destruction of property. The court held that the green belt in the residential area should be considered a public place. The legal interest violated by the defendant's act of placing poisoned chicken livers on the lawn was not solely the property rights of the pet dog owners, but was sufficient to...