2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-603. Definitions.

As used in the Feral Swine Control Act:

1. "Daylight" means the period of time beginning when the sun rises and ending when the sun sets;

2. "Feral swine" means any domestic or wild animal of the species Sus scrofa that are or have been running at large, free roaming, or wild upon public or private lands, or have been captured, hunted, pursued, maintained, utilized, or released for any sporting purposes;

3. "Owner" means any person with title to the real property or a person that has obtained a right to the possession and use of a certain space, property, or subsurface right for a definite period of time through a contractual lease. In the event a person is permitted to come upon the real property to perform some specific act including, but not limited to, hunting, removing feral swine, or fishing, that person has no "lease" but only a "license" to do that act;

4. "Remove" means to change the location of, eliminate, or attempt to eliminate feral swine by a variety of methods including, but not limited to, hunting, killing, taking, trapping, and catching; and

5. "Judas pig tagging system" means a population control technique where a radio-collared feral swine is released into a control area and, after a sufficient period to allow it to join other feral swine, it is tracked down and all swine associated with the collared swine are removed.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 5, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 32, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2019, c. 321, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.