According to the analysis of a legal expert, there is only the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals in our criminal law. Article 34 1 of the Criminal Law stipulates: "Whoever illegally hunts and kills rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined." Whether the black bear and Ma Xiong are included in the list of key protected animals in China and whether the animals in captivity are not in the wild, he thinks that this provision of criminal law is difficult to apply to Liu Haiyang's behavior.

But the expert also believes that there is also the crime of deliberately destroying public and private property in China's criminal law. Article 275 of the Criminal Law stipulates that "whoever intentionally destroys a large amount of public or private property or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or a fine." Public and private property includes not only inanimate property, but also living animals. As far as the animals in the zoo are concerned, they are raised and watched by tourists and have economic value, so they should belong to the property of the state. If Liu Haiyang's bear injury is investigated for criminal responsibility, this provision of criminal law can be applied.