Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 7:9

זְאֵב אֶחָד, אֵינוֹ אֹנֶס, שְׁנֵי זְאֵבִים, אֹנֶס. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, בִּשְׁעַת מִשְׁלַחַת זְאֵבִים, אַף זְאֵב אֶחָד אֹנֶס. שְׁנֵי כְלָבִים, אֵינוֹ אֹנֶס. יַדּוּעַ הַבַּבְלִי אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי מֵאִיר, מֵרוּחַ אַחַת, אֵינוֹ אֹנֶס, מִשְּׁתֵּי רוּחוֹת, אֹנֶס. הַלִּסְטִים, הֲרֵי זֶה אֹנֶס. הָאֲרִי וְהַדֹּב וְהַנָּמֵר וְהַבַּרְדְּלָס וְהַנָּחָשׁ, הֲרֵי זֶה אֹנֶס. אֵימָתַי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁבָּאוּ מֵאֲלֵיהֶן, אֲבָל אִם הוֹלִיכָן לִמְקוֹם גְּדוּדֵי חַיָּה וְלִסְטִים, אֵינוֹ אֹנֶס:

One wolf is not an oness (an unavoidable "accident") [and a hired watcher and a hirer are liable for it, it being written (Shemoth 22:12): "For the torn beast, he shall not pay" — There is a torn beast for which he pays, and a torn beast for which he does not pay.] R. Yehudah says: In a wolf pack, even one wolf is an oness, [being likely to attack a man.] Two dogs are not an oness. Yadua Habavli says in the name of R. Meir: From one side, they are not an oness; from two sides, they are an oness. [The halacha is neither in accordance with R. Yehudah nor with Yadua Habavli.] One armed robber is an oness. A lion, a bear, a tiger, a leopard, and a snake are an oness. When is this so? When they come of themselves; but if they (the watchers) go to a place where wild animals or armed robbers are found, it is not an oness.

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