Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-717
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Owner of mischievous animal which kills person
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 310
If the owner of a mischievous animal, knowing its propensities,
wilfully suffers it to go at large, or keeps it without ordinary
care, and such animal, while so at large or not confined, kills any
human being who has taken all the precautions which the
circumstances permitted, to avoid such animal, the owner is deemed
guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, a Class B5 felony
offense.
If the owner of a mischievous animal, knowing its propensities,
wilfully suffers it to go at large, or keeps it without ordinary
care, and such animal, while so at large or not confined, kills any
human being who has taken all the precautions which the
circumstances permitted, to avoid such animal, the owner is deemed
guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, a Class B5 felony
offense.
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