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.

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