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.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 138, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
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