Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-12-1
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Written agreement with U.S. Department of Agriculture
Official statutory text
Wildlife Services – Wildlife damage management.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
shall enter into a written agreement on behalf of the State of
Oklahoma with the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife
Services. The agreement shall be for the purpose of cooperating
with Wildlife Services in conducting wildlife damage management for
beavers, coyotes, bobcats, feral swine, and other wildlife or
invasive species causing destruction to livestock, poultry, crops,
range land, forests, and other resources, including human health and
safety.
B. Wildlife damage management of predatory animals and other
species causing damage shall include but not be limited to hunting,
trapping, or other practical methods for the control of damage to
resources. Operations shall be directly supervised by the United
States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services in association
with the Department. The Department is authorized to enter into
cooperative agreements with counties, associations, corporations,
and individuals for hunting and trapping operations and control of
wildlife damage.
C. In cooperation with Wildlife Services, the Department is
authorized to purchase animal damage management supplies, including
but not limited to bait, for cooperating governmental agencies,
counties, associations, corporations, and individuals for the
control of damage caused by predatory animals and other species.
The Department shall make these supplies and baits available to
cooperators at approximate cost. The receipts from the sale of
supplies and baits shall be credited to the State Department of
Agriculture Revolving Fund.
D. Furs, skins, specimens or other parts or byproducts of
commercial value collected by Wildlife Services agents shall be sold
upon sealed bids after advertisement of the sales, as prescribed by
the Department. The proceeds of all sales shall be credited to the
State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund. Any specimen may be
presented, free of charge, to any state institution subject to the
jurisdiction and control of the State of Oklahoma. No bounty shall
be collected from any source for predatory animals and wildlife
taken by Wildlife Services agents operating pursuant to a
cooperative agreement.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
shall enter into a written agreement on behalf of the State of
Oklahoma with the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife
Services. The agreement shall be for the purpose of cooperating
with Wildlife Services in conducting wildlife damage management for
beavers, coyotes, bobcats, feral swine, and other wildlife or
invasive species causing destruction to livestock, poultry, crops,
range land, forests, and other resources, including human health and
safety.
B. Wildlife damage management of predatory animals and other
species causing damage shall include but not be limited to hunting,
trapping, or other practical methods for the control of damage to
resources. Operations shall be directly supervised by the United
States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services in association
with the Department. The Department is authorized to enter into
cooperative agreements with counties, associations, corporations,
and individuals for hunting and trapping operations and control of
wildlife damage.
C. In cooperation with Wildlife Services, the Department is
authorized to purchase animal damage management supplies, including
but not limited to bait, for cooperating governmental agencies,
counties, associations, corporations, and individuals for the
control of damage caused by predatory animals and other species.
The Department shall make these supplies and baits available to
cooperators at approximate cost. The receipts from the sale of
supplies and baits shall be credited to the State Department of
Agriculture Revolving Fund.
D. Furs, skins, specimens or other parts or byproducts of
commercial value collected by Wildlife Services agents shall be sold
upon sealed bids after advertisement of the sales, as prescribed by
the Department. The proceeds of all sales shall be credited to the
State Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund. Any specimen may be
presented, free of charge, to any state institution subject to the
jurisdiction and control of the State of Oklahoma. No bounty shall
be collected from any source for predatory animals and wildlife
taken by Wildlife Services agents operating pursuant to a
cooperative agreement.
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