Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-506
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Escaped farmed cervidae
Official statutory text
A. An owner or operator shall ensure farmed cervidae do not run
at large and shall take all reasonable efforts to return any escaped
farmed cervidae to their enclosures as soon as possible.
B. The owner or operator shall immediately notify the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the local game
warden of the Department of Wildlife Conservation if farmed cervidae
escape.
C. If an owner or operator is unwilling or unable to capture
escaped farmed cervidae, the Department of Wildlife Conservation has
the authority to destroy the escaped farmed cervidae.
D. Any farmed cervidae that escape from a farmed cervidae
facility and are taken by a licensed hunter in a manner that complies
with the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be considered a
legal taking and neither the licensed hunter, the state, nor any
state agency shall be liable to the owner for taking the escaped
farmed cervidae.
at large and shall take all reasonable efforts to return any escaped
farmed cervidae to their enclosures as soon as possible.
B. The owner or operator shall immediately notify the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the local game
warden of the Department of Wildlife Conservation if farmed cervidae
escape.
C. If an owner or operator is unwilling or unable to capture
escaped farmed cervidae, the Department of Wildlife Conservation has
the authority to destroy the escaped farmed cervidae.
D. Any farmed cervidae that escape from a farmed cervidae
facility and are taken by a licensed hunter in a manner that complies
with the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be considered a
legal taking and neither the licensed hunter, the state, nor any
state agency shall be liable to the owner for taking the escaped
farmed cervidae.
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