Where would we be if the government wasn’t around to stop kind ladies rescuing animals from deadly hurricanes?

Tammie Hedges, a North Carolina resident and founder of Crazy’s Claws N Paws animal rescue, was charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license for taking in 27 dogs and cats to prevent them from becoming sick or dying during Hurricane Florence.

“We were trying to help abandoned animals,” Hedges told reporters. “A group of us got together to do something to help those animals. [That’s] why we opened our building to them, so they’d have a safe dry place to go until their owners returned to get them.”

While caring for the animals, some of whom were sick, she reportedly administered amoxicillin and a topical antibiotic ointment. Authorities also accuse her of soliciting a donation of tramadol, a prescription painkiller used on pets. Prior to arresting and charging the woman, the Wayne County animal control office pressured her to hand over the animals, threatening to get a warrant if she failed to do so. She complied but was arrested and charged afterward despite following their orders.

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FL Lawmakers Make It Hard For Hearing Aid Specialists To Help The Impaired

In its never-ending search for control, government is now forcing hearing aid specialists to go through a series of tests before they can help people with hearing impairment find an aid that meets their needs.

Florida officials are forcing licensed hearing aid specialists to pass tests quizzing them on technology dating back to the 1950s before they can go back to their practices. The extensive load of tests is so burdensome that Dan Taylor, a hearing aid specialist in the Sunshine State, is suing.

In the lawsuit filed with the federal government, Taylor claimed that Florida’s hearing aid licensing requirements are illegitimate, citing the federal government’s own regulations to prove the state is overwhelming local specialists needlessly.

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