2. Additional remedy. A person who suffers damage as a result of a violation of subsection 1 may also pursue a civil action against the owner or keeper of the dog animal pursuant to section 3961.

3. Exception. If the owner or keeper of a dog an animal that kills or injures another dog animal establishes that the dog animal that was killed or injured provoked the killing or injury or that the dog animal that committed the killing or injury was leashed or controlled on the owner's or keeper's property at the time of the killing or injury, then the owner or keeper is not liable under this section or section 3961.

Sec. 15. 7 MRSA §4001, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 383, §3, is amended to read:

3. Fee. No A fee is required of any applicant of $10 must be submitted with any application for a calf or pig scramble.

Sec. 16. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 456, §5, is further amended to read:

F. Keeps or leaves a domestic animal on an uninhabited or barren island lying off the coast of the State during the month of December, January, February or March without providing necessary sustenance and proper shelter; or

Sec. 17. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 456, §6, is amended to read:

G. Hunts or sells for the purpose of hunting any animal that is not covered by the provisions of Title 12, Part 10.; or

Sec. 18. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶H is enacted 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 or unlawful levels of sodium bicarbonate in equines used for competition.

Sec. 19. 7 MRSA §4016, as amended by PL 1997, c. 170, §1, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: