Source:
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/breaking/news/20090702_Murarka_rehired_at_PSPCA.html

Murarka rehired as PSPCA medical director
By GLORIA CAMPISI
Philadelphia Daily News
Dr. Ravi Murarka, the banished medical director at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has been rehired, according to Sue Cosby, the shelter’s new director.
Cosby said Dr. Murarka, who worked at the PSPCA for nearly 18 years until he was let go [...]

Philadelphia Daily News
June 22, 2009
MIGHT THE appointment of Sue Cosby to run the Pennsylvania SPCA end the two-year civil war between PSPCA supporters and those of the defunct Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA)?
It’s a nice dream, and sometimes dreams come true.
And sometimes . . .
Even before she took command on June 3, I [...]

From the Daily News:

New director for PSPCA chosen
May 23, 2009
After a three-month search for a new leader, the Pennsylvania SPCA on Tuesday will go back to the future by appointing Sue Cosby its new executive director, sources tell the Daily News.
Cosby served the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association as chief operating officer from June [...]

May 2009
No-Kill Petition
The “No-Kill” petition drive’s first weekend was a great success! Five teams of volunteers were all over Philadelphia gathering support from other pet lovers and taxpayers. CNKP volunteers attended the Trenton Arts Festival, the Olde City Sidewalk Sale, a Yoga Unites Event at the Art Museum and the Italian Market Festival! [...]

From the Philadelphia Daily News at this link:

Stu Bykofsky: Gimme shelter: Is PSPCA prepared to bail out?
May 18, 2009
By Stu Bykofsky
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Columnist
AFTER FIVE MONTHS of running animal care and control in Philadelphia, and running into a buzz saw of criticism, the Pennsylvania SPCA is trying to mend its ways, but has serious [...]

Things have been pretty quiet on the surface in Philly, but Citizens for a No Kill Philadelphia and City Council members Jack Kelly and William Greenlee have been hard at work behind the scenes.
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City Council Resolution

May 7, 2009
Resolution
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to examine and investigate the [...]

With more PSPCA/ACCT controversy unfolding this week, it seems like a good time to post this article from 2/26 written by Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News. A selection of reader comments follows.

Philadelphia Daily News
Originally published February 26, 2009
By Stu Bykofsky
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Columnist
With PACCA in its grave and PSPCA decapitated, local animal-lovers [...]

March 2009
Greetings!
It is becoming increasingly more difficult to mask my anger and frustration at the unwillingness of the Philadelphia Health Department to admit failures on the part of the PSPCA. As partners in engineering the animal control contract takeover, they are complicit in all the mistakes and missteps of the PSPCA Board of Directors, [...]

An observant reader just contacted me to point out that PSPCA/ACCT Director of Animal Control, Karen Miller, has also been replaced without any public announcement.
Sure enough… the Google cache of the pspca.org/acct page from March 14 shows:
ACCT Powered by the PSPCA is led by Medical Director Dr. Ravindra Murarka; Director of Animal Control Karen Miller; [...]

From today’s Daily News:
By GLORIA CAMPISI
Philadelphia Daily News
campisg@phillynews.com 215-854-5935
The head veterinarian at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been fired, allegedly after providing medical care for pit bull mix dogs at a kennel that the PSPCA was investigating, according to a source.
James Penny Jr., attorney for the PSPCA board, confirmed [...]