Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-392
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Application and issuance of license
Official statutory text
An institution requiring for the effective carrying on of its
scientific or educational activities the use of live dogs and cats
may apply to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry for a license to obtain animals from the establishment
maintained and operated by public funds for the confinement, care
and disposal of animals seized by public authority, commonly called
the "dog pound". If the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
and Forestry finds that the institution, by reason of its ethical
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 58
standards, its personnel, its facilities and the uses it proposes to
make of animals is a fit and proper agency to receive a license, and
that the public interest would be served by the issuance of a
license to the institution, it shall issue a license to the
institution, subject to the restrictions and limitations hereinafter
provided.
scientific or educational activities the use of live dogs and cats
may apply to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry for a license to obtain animals from the establishment
maintained and operated by public funds for the confinement, care
and disposal of animals seized by public authority, commonly called
the "dog pound". If the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
and Forestry finds that the institution, by reason of its ethical
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 58
standards, its personnel, its facilities and the uses it proposes to
make of animals is a fit and proper agency to receive a license, and
that the public interest would be served by the issuance of a
license to the institution, it shall issue a license to the
institution, subject to the restrictions and limitations hereinafter
provided.
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