Maine § 12 §12401 Attacking domestic animals or destroying property

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §12401 — Attacking domestic animals or destroying property

Maine § 12 §12401

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 921WILDLIFE CAUSING DAMAGE OR NUISANCE

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §12401 (2026).

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Except as provided in sections 12402 and 12404, a person may lawfully kill, or cause to be killed, any wild animal or wild turkey, night or day, found in the act of attacking, worrying or wounding that person's domestic animals or domestic birds or destroying that person's property. A person who kills a wild animal or wild turkey by authority of this section shall report the incident to the Maine Warden Service as provided in section 12402, subsections 3 and 4.

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Except as provided in sections 12402 and 12404, a person may lawfully kill, or cause to be killed, any wild animal or wild turkey, night or day, found in the act of attacking, worrying or wounding that person's domestic animals or domestic birds or destroying that person's property. A person who kills a wild animal or wild turkey by authority of this section shall report the incident to the Maine Warden Service as provided in section 12402, subsections 3 and 4.