With the help of a whistleblower who, dying of cancer and acting on his wife’s wishes, sent us photographs showing how ringling breaks the spirits of baby elephants by tying them down and beating them, we revealed the circus’s cruelty to millions. School lunch officials said that in some years beef products testing results were worse than many of the program’s two dozen other suppliers, which use traditional meat processing methods. · the investigation follows public outcry over the conditions of the park and the well-being of its animals. · the closure follows years of public scrutiny , intensified by the death of lolita, the world’s oldest captive orca, and inspection reports citing welfare violations. The result was house bill 774, granting exemptions for primitive camps and traditional education preserves. · stories about haunted places usually begin as rumors, but some become so persistent that officials intervene. Public outcry eventually reached state lawmakers, who recognized the cultural value at stake. In these cases, governments restricted access or shut things down entirely after. A surge of legionnaires’ disease—a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria that flourish in poorly-maintained cooling towers and large air-conditioning systems—is sweeping cities from new york to melbourne this summer, prompting urgent warnings from public -health officials.

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