Tag: Ellen Kessler
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Ellen Kessler, ag critic and former Polis appointee to veterinary board, charged with 13 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ellen Kessler, an animal rights activist who was appointed to the state veterinary board by Gov. Jared Polis but resigned earlier this year, has been charged with 13 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. According to CBS Denver, which first reported the charges Monday, Kessler had…
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler resigned from state veterinary board to protect Polis, email shows
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Records show former state veterinary medicine board member Ellen Kessler resigned to shield Gov. Jared Polis from blowback after she made what ranchers viewed as incendiary remarks about the livestock industry. “The controversy has gotten out of hand and I believe I would be most…
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Ellen Kessler, controversial appointee to state vet board, resigns after calling ranchers ‘lazy,’ ‘nasty’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Updated 6:10 p.m. with statement from Gov. Jared Polis Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, submitted her resignation from the board at 3:26 p.m. Monday. Kessler’s letter, released by the governor’s office, said her resignation would…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the…