Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 456, §4, is further amended to read:

D. Injures, overworks, tortures, torments, or abandons or cruelly beats or intentionally mutilates an animal; gives drugs to an animal with an intent to harm the animal; gives poison or alcohol to an animal; or exposes a poison with intent that it be taken by an animal. The owner or occupant of property is privileged to use reasonable force to eject a trespassing animal;

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1999, c. 765, §9, is further amended to read:

G. Hunts or sells for the purpose of hunting any animal, except as permitted pursuant to Title 7, chapter 202-A and Title 12, Part 10; or

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 254, §13, is amended to read:

H. Injects, inserts or causes ingestion of any substance used solely to enhance the performance of an animal by altering the animal's metabolism to that animal's detriment, including but not limited to excessive levels of sodium bicarbonate in equines used for competition. ; or

Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶I is enacted to read:

I.__Kills or tortures an animal to frighten or intimidate a child or forces a child to injure or kill an animal.

Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 490, §21, is amended to read:

1-A. Animal cruelty. Except as provided in paragraphs paragraph A and B, a person is guilty of cruelty to animals if that person kills or attempts to kill a cat or dog.

A. A licensed veterinarian or a person certified under Title 17, section 1042 may kill a cat or dog according to the methods of euthanasia under Title 17, chapter 42, subchapter IV.

B. A person who owns a cat or dog, or the owner's agent, may kill that owner's cat or dog by shooting with a firearm provided the following conditions are met.