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Let the Dogs In: Restaurant Owners, Not the State, Should Decide Whether to Allow Pets

by Daren Bakst
posted on in City & County Government, Law & Regulation, Property Rights
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On February 1, 2010, the North Carolina Commission for Public Health published a proposed rule addressing whether pets may be allowed in restaurants. Not unlike the smoking ban, whether pets are allowed in restaurants is a property rights issue.

Spotlight 389 Let the Dogs In: Restaurant Owners, Not the State, Should Decide Whether to Allow Pets

Daren Bakst is the Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy at the Heritage Foundation.  In this position, Bakst studies and writes about agricultural and environmental policy and property rights, among other issues.  He has done extensive work on the farm bill… ...

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