Interview with Rex Ellsworth, January 30, 1975
Project: Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project
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Two interviewers speak to Rex Ellsworth, a Thoroughbred breeder, who at the time was the subject of a media firestorm accusing him of cruelty to animals, while the Humane Society/Los Angeles SPCA had control of his ranch in Chino, California. Ellsworth defends himself and talks about the treatment he's received from lawyers, the Humane Society, the SPCA, the media, and people he knows personally, as well as discussing a land issue he had with San Diego businessman Arnholdt Smith.Interview Accession
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Ellsworth, Rex Interview by Kent Hollingsworth. 30 Jan. 1975. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ellsworth, R. (1975, January 30). Interview by K. Hollingsworth. Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ellsworth, Rex, interview by Kent Hollingsworth. January 30, 1975, Horse Industry in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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