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Animal Services nominee pulls out (with document): Mayor Rich Crotty says the veterinarian's ties to animal testing proved too divisive.

Article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) Article date: February 20, 2007

Byline: David Damron

Feb. 20--Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty said Monday that he will not ask county commissioners to approve giving the county's top animal-protection job to a former administrator of a company that conducts animal testing.

Robert Ridgway, a county veterinarian, was in line to be confirmed today to lead the Animal Services division. Last week, protesters picketed in front of Orange County government offices over Ridgway's planned promotion to the agency that oversees animal-control ...

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