GOOD FIGURES

Where statistics and optimism meet

25 K The estimated number of humpback whales in the southwest Atlantic – around 90% of the species’ pre-whaling population. Humpbacks were driven to near extinction by steamboats and the whaling trade. £ 1. 3m The amount paid by the Danish government (DKK11m) to buy the last four circus elephants in Denmark to allow them to retire. It is part of wider plans by the Danish government to ban circuses from keeping wild animals. 77 K The number of people who watched England’s women’s football team play Germany at Wembley in November. The match at the 90,000-capacity stadium sold out and set a new record for a crowd watching an England women’s game. *These articles have been written by our friends at Positive News, the magazine for good journalism about good things. Save…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2020

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