Piles of bones, a deadly fire, an animal cruelty arrest: Unraveling what went wrong at a former Illinois animal sanctuary
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

A tangle of rusting animal cages and the piled wreckage of a burned-down barn sit behind an old house, left to gray as paint peels and wood siding rots in tiny Thawville, Illinois. This was once a sanctuary for abandoned animals, many placed there by Chicago-area rescue groups. Small sheds and...