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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: The spread of COVID-19 in zoos highlights continued unethical practices

Editors March 22, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak in the San Diego Zoo is the most recent symptom of unethical animal captivity.
The Massachusetts Senate will debate a bill that would protect the welfare of animals, specifically animals that are abused. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Second bill concerning animal welfare circulating MA Senate

Camille Mojica March 14, 2018
The Massachusetts Senate is currently considering a bill, known as PAWS II, to further protect the welfare of animals, especially those who have been abused.
Despite the company's financial trouble in recent years, ringmaster John Kennedy Kane remains optimistic that Big Apple Circus's newest show will draw families back into the tent. GRAPHIC BY ERICA MAYBAUM/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New circus show juggles waning market, elephantine ambition

Emily Evans March 19, 2015

The circus, with its large tents, clowns, crowds of people and acrobats, is not an experience that would generally be described as intimate. However, the Big Apple Circus is trying to change that with...

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