The owner or keeper of a bull may be fined by a law enforcement officer or by a municipal officer or employee not more than $100.00 nor less than $50.00 if such bull is more than nine months old and found unattended outside the premises owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of such bull and shall be liable to a party damaged by such bull while outside the premises of such owner or keeper. The damages may be recovered in a civil action.
20 V.S.A. § 3346