A.__Trap or hunt any wild animal or wild bird at any time within a wildlife sanctuary as designated in section 12706; or

B.__Possess any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A.

2.__Exceptions.__The prohibitions in subsection 1 are subject to the exceptions and limitations listed in this subsection.

A.__Subsection 1 does not apply to crows and skunks in the Willow Water Game Sanctuary.

B.__A person residing within the limits of the York Game Sanctuary in the County of Franklin may kill any wild bird, except grouse, or any wild animal, except beaver, when found destroying that person's property.

C.__A person residing within the limits of Prout's Neck, Richmond's Island and Cape Elizabeth Sanctuary may kill any wild bird, except ruffed grouse or Hungarian partridge, or any wild animal, when found destroying that person's property.

D.__A person may trap any wild animal except moose, caribou, deer and elk within Fairfield Sanctuary, Narragansett Game Sanctuary and Prout's Neck, Richmond's Island and Cape Elizabeth Sanctuary in accordance with the general laws of the State.

E.__If the commissioner determines that the public health and safety are threatened by diseased animals within Rangeley Plantation Sanctuary, the commissioner may authorize the use of firearms or any other device the commissioner determines appropriate to eliminate diseased animals.

F.__The Augusta Water District may use Carleton Pond in the Readfield and Winthrop Sanctuary as it determines necessary.

G.__Within the Readfield and Winthrop Sanctuary, subsection 1 applies only to lands that are or may be hereafter fenced.

H.__The use of firearms on Megunticook Lake and Vicinity Sanctuary is prohibited only from the first day of April of each year to the 30th day of September following.