Their animal and they’re sitting there with a brand new car outside, and other people who were really struggling [financially] would do anything to save their animals.”
Heartbroken “He was finding that destroying,” Mrs. Ellis said. At the time of his death, Dr. Ellis was a resident at Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists.
He informed his mother that he had been experiencing sleep problems. Mrs. Ellis told the inquiry that while he was on call, he would sometimes sleep in his vehicle rather than go home and have to go to the vet in an emergency.
She also said that her son was experiencing financial difficulties. “He was having a hard time with everything that had built up,” she added.
Additionally, the inquest heard that Dr. Ellis had been having an affair with Ryan Hunt for the last two years, cheating on Ashley James, his 12-year girlfriend.
Dr. Ellis was “almost living a double life,” according to Alex MacDonald, head of Animed, the clinic where the veterinarian obtained the medications he used to terminate his life, who testified at the inquest.
