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Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 193 : Domestic Pet or Wolf-Hybrid Control
Subchapter 005 : Control of Rabies
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3809)-
§ 3809. Killing a domestic pet or wolf-hybrid that attacks a person or domestic animal
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any person from killing a suspected rabid domestic pet or wolf-hybrid that attacks a person, another domestic pet or wolf-hybrid, or domestic animal. A person so killing such domestic pet or wolf-hybrid shall not be held liable for damages for such killing. (Amended 1993, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. June 15, 1994.)