Orange County Names New Chief Veterinarian
- Share via
ORANGE COUNTY — A new chief veterinarian was appointed by the county Wednesday, charged with cleaning up the county-run shelter and helping to end a feline distemper outbreak that has killed dozens of cats at the facility in Orange.
Even as Dr. Todd Kopit was accepting the interim post from his predecessor, who resigned Tuesday, Kopit and county officials began talking about reinventing the facility, which has been under fire from community members and veterinarians for outdated practices.
County officials also said they are moving ahead with a proposal to hire an architect to design a $6.1-million shelter in Tustin to replace the aging one in Orange.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
Hosts Fidel Martínez and Suzy Exposito sit down with Dr. Vanessa J. Díaz, professor of Chicano and Latino Studies at Loyola Marymount University and co-author of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance.
