I've got to agree with Publisher on this one. I go on Manatee visits every year. There are very specific rules that must be followed when interacting. You don't go to the animal, you wait for it to come to you. No splashing, you only touch with 1 hand at a time. You don't chase, harrass, feed and especially, ride on, step on or do anything other than lay still in the water and rub it with one hand if it allows you do to so. That video makes me see the sense in banning all human interaction with manatees. As much as I love getting in the water with them, I would deal with a ban if it kept crap like this from happening. Of course, like a lot of rules (such as gun laws) it wonly affects the law abiding citizens. The crooks and people that don't care aren't going to follow the ban just like they don't follow the normal rules. So, it's almost a no-win scenerio.. I do think they ought to prosecute to highest extent when people are found to break the laws.