The head of San Diego County’s Department of Animal Services told staff last week that the department’s second-in-command would be “out of the office for the near term,” but did not elaborate further.
Director Vaughn Maurice sent the all-staff email last Thursday, just as KPBS was set to publish a story about a profanity-laced voice message sent by assistant director Rachael Borrelli. In the message, Borrelli said she was “so sick of us keeping shit dogs that aren’t going to get adopted” and bemoaned the lack of euthanasias happening at a county-run animal shelter.
In his email, Maurice told staff he would “share updates as soon as I am able.”
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