NatGeo: We Asked the Government Why Animal Welfare Records Disappeared. They Sent 1,700 Blacked-Out Pages.

From National Geographic: 

In January, the USDA deleted a public database that included inspection records from zoos, circuses, and research labs. In the agency’s response to our FOIA request, it still refuses to say why.

[…]

Read More… from NatGeo: We Asked the Government Why Animal Welfare Records Disappeared. They Sent 1,700 Blacked-Out Pages.