Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situ
Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any
animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situ
animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or
tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene,
if the
animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or
animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situ
animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situation.
Since feral cats are usually not
tame or socialized, they can't be placed in homes, and are routinely killed
if they are trapped and taken to the City's
Animal Care and Control Department.