The Government vs. Animal Lovers

If you enjoy the company of animals, the government may deem you a criminal.

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Dolphins off the coast of the Bahamas

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When the Founders forged this nation, they could not have conceived of a state of affairs in which people who helped other people commune with the animals would be subjected to capricious and onerous laws.

Yet that was the sort of government heavy-handedness that struck in 2021, when a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bureaucrat shut down two Hawaii-based businesses that offered humans the chance to swim with “therapy dolphins.”

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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