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Sand Springs Animal Welfare is working to find Samson the cat's U.K. owner, but the feline remains a mystery Stray Cat in Oklahoma Stumps Rescuers After Feline's Microchip Reveals Pet Is ...
Diane Ketterling, owner of Furever Friends Animal Rescue in Choctaw, Oklahoma, loves her rescued animals like they're her own pets. She dedicates her whole life to the wellbeing of the animals ...
Louisa Douglas McCune (May 11, 1970 – August 10, 2024 [1]) was a philanthropy executive and magazine editor, working in the contemporary arts and animal well-being. [2] She was the executive director of the Kirkpatrick Foundation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she was engaged with arts and culture, education, animal well-being, environmental conservation, and historic preservation.
Prior to the Animal Welfare Act, animal welfare law was largely reactive and action could only be taken once an animal had suffered unnecessarily. In 2002, Title X, Subtitle D, of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act amended the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 by changing the definition of animal (Pub.L. 107–171).
Oklahoma State Question 777 was a referendum on a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution held in November 2016. The referendum attempted to exempt agriculture and agribusiness from compliance with state laws passed in 2015 and later, unless a "compelling state interest" was involved. The referendum was hotly controversial.
In 2016, Biggs authored a measure that would have put State Question 777 on a state-wide ballot to lift a ban on cockfighting in the state. The bill was supported by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, while it was opposed by animal welfare groups and former Attorney General of Oklahoma Drew Edmondson. [4] [a]
"Despite receiving over $110 million in taxpayer funding since 2008 — including $19 million this year alone — Alpha Genesis has a disturbing history of animal welfare violations and public ...
The agency receives both federal and state funding and has additional sources of revenue. The agency received a state appropriation of $753 million and had a total budget of $5.1 billion for fiscal year 2023. [1] The Department of Human Services is the largest employer in Oklahoma state government.