Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 40:17

התם טעמא מאי שרי ר' יהודה דלאו ברשותיה קיימי ולא מצי משהי להו אבל בהמה כיון דברשותיה דעובד כוכבים קיימא משהי לה או דלמא לא שנא

Shall we say that in those other instances the reason why R. Judah permits is because the land is not in the non-Jew’s domain and therefore he may not be able to leave it there, whereas cattle, which is in his own domain, he might keep it [unslaughtered], or perhaps it makes no difference?

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