Date: March 17th 2024 9:18 pm
There's so much good news in papers this weekend! The Wall Street Journal celebrates the return of Ringling Bros without animals. UK papers announce the arrival of cell cultivated meat made specifically for cats! And the Los Angeles Times has come out, again, strongly against rodenticide.

"The Circus Is Back—and the Stars Are No Longer Animals," is the page B5 headline in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, Saturday March 16, with the story taking up most of that page.

The story, by Ben Cohen, opens with:

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step right up and see the amazing, the improbable, the stupendous return of the circus!

"When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shut down in 2017, the end of this institution seemed like it could be the end of the industry altogether. Like almost every claim associated with the circus, reports of its death turned out to be exaggerated. But the only way to bring it back from an extended hiatus was to reimagine the business and revamp the show itself....Continue Reading





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