[
  {
    "id": "mars-vca-2017",
    "date": "2017-09-12",
    "title": "Mars completes VCA acquisition",
    "eventType": "acquisition",
    "organizationSlug": "mars-veterinary-health",
    "status": "corporate_owned",
    "summary": "Mars and VCA announced completion of the VCA acquisition, providing the upstream evidence used for VCA-branded clinic records.",
    "sourceIds": ["vca-mars-acquisition"]
  },
  {
    "id": "ftc-jab-nva-sage-2022",
    "date": "2022-06-29",
    "title": "FTC imposes JAB/NVA/SAGE veterinary clinic conditions",
    "eventType": "ftc_action",
    "organizationSlug": "jab-nva-ethos",
    "status": "pe_backed",
    "summary": "The FTC described JAB's roll-up activity and required divestitures and prior approval/notice protections around veterinary clinic consolidation.",
    "sourceIds": ["ftc-jab-nva-sage"]
  },
  {
    "id": "nva-ethos-2023",
    "date": "2023-03-27",
    "title": "NVA announces distinct NVA and Ethos businesses",
    "eventType": "acquisition",
    "organizationSlug": "jab-nva-ethos",
    "status": "pe_backed",
    "summary": "NVA announced plans to form two veterinary businesses, anchoring the national organization profile without auto-labeling individual clinics.",
    "sourceIds": ["nva-ethos-structure"]
  },
  {
    "id": "mash-ownership-2025",
    "date": "2025-05-30",
    "title": "MASH announces veterinarian-led ownership change",
    "eventType": "watch_signal",
    "organizationSlug": "mash-los-angeles",
    "clinicId": "mash-los-angeles",
    "status": "independent_reviewed",
    "summary": "A public release described MASH remaining open under new ownership led by an existing specialty and emergency veterinarian team.",
    "sourceIds": ["mash-new-ownership", "mash-about"]
  },
  {
    "id": "la-access-layer-2026",
    "date": "2026-06-26",
    "title": "Los Angeles access layer added to pilot",
    "eventType": "access_resource",
    "status": "low_cost_resource",
    "summary": "LA spay/neuter, voucher, shelter-statistics, and South LA affordable clinic resources are surfaced beside ownership data.",
    "sourceIds": ["la-animal-services-spay-neuter", "la-county-spay-neuter", "aspca-south-la-clinic", "la-county-statistics"]
  }
]