Any person may lawfully kill a dog if necessary to protect that person, another person or a domesticated animal during the course of a sudden, unprovoked assault.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 7, § 3951
Killing for assault permitted
PL 1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW)
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