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1-12-2009

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NAMES NEW STATE VETERINARIAN

West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass named Gary Kinder, DVM, as new State Veterinarian and Director of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture’s (WVDA) Animal Health Division effective January 1, 2009. Kinder replaces Dr. Joe Starcher, who retired from the agency last year.

Gary Kinder joined the WVDA December 1, 2005, as Assistant State Veterinarian. He retired from a private veterinary practice he operated in Hurricane.

A Charleston native, Dr. Kinder graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School, where he was active in athletics. He then went to Marshall University and graduated from Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1974. He spent two years in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps handling public health and food inspection duties before opening Hurricane Animal Hospital.

Dr. Kinder may be contacted at (304) 558-2214 or gkinder@ag.state.wv.us.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture protects plant, animal and human health through a variety of scientific, regulatory and consumer protection programs, as mandated by state law. The Commissioner of Agriculture is one of six statewide elected officials in West Virginia. Currently, Commissioner Gus R. Douglass is the longest-serving agriculture commissioner in the nation. For more information, visit www.wvagriculture.org.

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