Section 001-223-16 - RECOVERY OR DISPOSITION OF ESCAPED DOMESTICATED LARGE GAMEA. LGSA license holders must report any escaped domesticated large game to the Department within 24 hours of discovery. The license holder shall be responsible for monitoring the movement of the escaped large game and for recovery of the escaped large game, as authorized by the Department.B. If escaped individuals are cervids that have been at large for longer than 72 hours, but have been returned to the owner's premises alive, these individuals must be identified and tested for CWD when they ultimately die.C. The Department may euthanize any captured domesticated large game that is relinquished to the Department by its owner, if known, for the purpose of diagnostic testing for disease. The Department may, in accordance with 7 M.R.S. § 1802, condemn any domesticated large game individual that is suspected of being infected with or exposed to CWD, brucellosis, tuberculosis, or other disease of domesticated animals or wild game, for purpose of diagnostic testing.D. In the event that capture of the escaped large game individual is not practical, the Department will consult with the owner, if known, to determine whether the owner will relinquish the escaped individual to the Department. If the owner agrees to relinquish the escaped individual, or if the owner does not agree to relinquish it, and the Department condemns the escaped domesticated large game animal in accordance with 7 M.R.S. § 1802, the Department with cooperation with representatives of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, may destroy the escaped individual, and samples may be taken for the purpose of diagnostic testing.E. LGSA license holders shall pay for reasonable and appropriate costs associated with the capture, euthanasia, or destruction of domesticated large game that escape from their commercial large game shooting areas.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 223, § 16