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Delcianna J. Winders

Delcianna Winders is a Harvard Animal Law & Policy Fellow and has worked on legal issues pertaining to captive wildlife for more than a decade. Follow her on Twitter at @DelciannaW

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

Ringling’s big cats need new homes — and they could be headed for a circus overseas

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(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Blackout blackout: The latest in the USDA’s ongoing attempts to stymie transparency

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The US Department of Agriculture building (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Freedom of information in peril: What transparency looks like in Trump’s government

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Packy, the elephant (AP/John Gress)

Don’t think about (contagious) elephants: Whose job is it to combat and contain tuberculosis?

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