Related for Bava Kamma 113:11
א"ל לעולם לגינתו המשתמרת ולחורבתו המשתמרת ודקא קשיא לך היינו ביתו הא קא משמע לן דלא בעינן דעת בעלים כדרבי אלעזר
— Rabbah said to him: I agree with you in the case of living things, for since they are in the habit of running out into the fields they need special watching.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case any loss amounts to carelessness. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"return shall you return them": If he returned it (the animal), and it ran away; returned it and it ran away — even four or five times — he must continue returning it, it being written "Return shall you return them." If he returned it to a place where it could be seen (by the owner), he need not deal with it. If it were stolen or lost, he is responsible for it — until he returns it to his (the owner's) domain, it being written "to your brother."
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