Oklahoma lawmakers examine mandatory pound seizure state statute

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — An Oklahoma law allows research institutions to take unclaimed animals from shelters for scientific research, unless a city has an opt-out ordinance in place.

Now, state lawmakers are taking a closer look at that law and whether it should change.

“I just can’t imagine kids not seeing their dogs again because they just ran off and you never see them because they are now being given up for testing,” State Sen. Nikki Nice (D-Oklahoma City) said…

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