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anyone may kill the dog when it is found committing any | | of those prohibited acts. |
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| | | D. A person having evidence of a dog chasing, killing, | wounding or pursuing a moose, caribou, or deer or elk or any | | other wild animal in closed season, or of a dog kept and | | used for that purpose, or of a dog worrying, wounding or | | killing a domestic animal, including another dog, or | | livestock, poultry, fowl or fur-bearing animal legally in | | captivity, when the dog is outside of the enclosure or | | immediate care of the dog's owner or keeper, may present | | that evidence to the District Court having jurisdiction. |
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| | | (1) The court may issue a warrant against the owner of the | | dog, ordering the owner to show cause why the dog | | should not be killed. |
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| | | (2) Upon hearing the evidence in the case, the court may | | order the dog killed by a game warden. |
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| | | (3) The costs of prosecution must be paid by the owner or | | keeper of the dog. |
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| | E. Except as provided in paragraph F, the owner or keeper | of a dog commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of | not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged if: |
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| | (1) That owner's or keeper's bird dog, retrieving dog | or hound dog is found killing or wounding a moose, | caribou, deer or elk during a period in which it is | lawful to train dogs, as provided for in section 12051, | subsection 1, while the dog is at a licensed dog | training area or at a licensed trial for retrieving | dogs; or |
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| | (2) That owner or keeper has been notified under | paragraph C and that owner or keeper permits any dog | mentioned in the notice to leave the owner's or | keeper's immediate control. |
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| | | E-1.__Except as provided in paragraphs F and G, the owner or | | keeper of a dog is in violation of this paragraph if that | | owner's or keeper's bird dog, retrieving dog or hound dog is | | found killing or wounding a moose, deer or wild turkey | | during a period in which it is lawful to train dogs, as | | provided for in section 12051, subsection 1, while the dog | | is at a licensed dog training area or at a licensed trial | | for retrieving dogs. |
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