Pit bull owner Christophe Ellul “has to recognize that it was his dog,” says Nathalie Pilarski. PARIS, France––The Amiens Court of Appeal is to rule on July 23, 2021 on a petition from attorney Alexandre Novion, representing pit bull owner Christophe Ellul, seeking to suppress DNA evidence that Ellul’s pit bull Curtis, and Curtis […]
Dog breed census 2021: Labs, hounds top list; pit bulls come in third
The real “face of America’s dog” is not much different from 1900-1950, even if pit bulls are more abundant If someone wrote the sort of demonstrable nonsense about the relative popularity of automobile makes that a fellow named Brett Bachman published on Salon.com on July 4, 2021 about dog demographics, that essay would likely never […]
Spay/neuter popcorn? It’s as real as Alex Pacheco’s s/n cookies!
600 million stray dogs would eat it, & it would not need FDA approval POMPANO BEACH, Florida––Asked a former major financial backer of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You, upon receiving founder Alex Pacheco 2021 “summer fundraising drive” appeal for more money with which to develop a spay-and-neuter cookie, “I wonder if he’s tested popcorn? […]
Rottweilers: two fatal attacks & three near-fatalities disclosed in one day
May 2021 dog attack death toll––eight––ties December 2017 record ANGIER, North Carolina; WHITEHALL, Montana; ALPHARETTA, Georgia––Two Rottweiler-inflicted fatalities and three Rottweiler-inflicted near fatalities, all disclosed to media on May 26, 2021, left Rottweilers trailing pit bulls in fatal attacks for the month by a margin of 3-2, and in disfiguring attacks by a margin of […]
Second Finn dog study conflates defensive behavior with aggression
But the Finn study does not discount the influence of genetics on aggression HELSINKI, Finland––The same Finn researchers who in March 2020 published a study strongly affirming the importance of breeding in dog behavior have in May 2020 published a second analysis of the same data which––at a glance––argues just the opposite. The second […]
Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s boyfriend Christophe Ellul indicted for manslaughter
Indictment follows 16-month investigation of attack that has been the talk of France SOISSONS, France––Christophe Ellul, 46, boyfriend of November 16, 2019 pit bull attack fatality Elisa Pilarski, 29, was on March 4, 2021 indicted for manslaughter by Soissons prosecutor Julien Morino-Ros. Pilarski was six months pregnant. Ellul, the father of their unborn son […]
Pit bulls again inflicted 90% of fatal dog-on-dog attacks in 2020
Recurring pattern continues to elude the animal care-and-control community, much of law enforcement, mass media, and the public NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home in 2020, cutting reported dog attacks on other animals by more than half in 2020 from the annual average since ANIMALS […]
Will Rogers never met the pit bulls & “dog men” now terrorizing Oklahoma
Three-year-old suffered 15 skull fractures & broken nose and jaw in Rogers’ tiny home town OOLOGAH, Oklahoma––“No man can be condemned for owning a dog,” alleged humorist Will Rogers, who also famously professed to have never met a man he didn’t like. “As long as he has a dog, he has a friend,” Rogers claimed, “and […]
DNA & vets agree: pit bull Curtis, not hunting hounds, killed Elisa Pilarski
Findings could lead to prosecution of fiancé of pregnant victim, who found her body, has denied both that Curtis did it and that he is a pit bull PARIS, France––DNA test results released on November 3, 2020 by Eric Boussuge, prosecutor for the district of Amiens, support the finding of two court-appointed veterinarians that […]
NYC pet store fined $3.9 million; probe finds “rescues” are the new “puppy millers”
Nebraska deputy ombudsman reports extensive non-enforcement of anti-“puppy mill” law NEW YORK, N.Y.; LINCOLN, Nebraska––A $3.9 million fine levied against the owners of the long closed Chelsea Kennel Club pet store in New York City grabbed the headlines on October 16, 2020, but a more meaningful action against abusive dog suppliers came quietly on […]
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