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More fatal attacks, but less information disclosed in August 2026 dog cases

August 20, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

A baby,  a five-year-old,  and three senior citizens among recent victims             TAR HEEL, North Carolina;  OPELOUSAS,  Louisiana;  CLEARLAKE OAKS,  California;  GRAHAM,  Washington;  DIGHTON, Massachusetts––Loose ends confound reportage of five fatal alleged dog attacks occurring in the U.S. during the first 15 days of August 2026,  and at least one more of several occurring abroad. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Isles, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Christophe Ellul, Elderidge Graham, Elisa Pilarski, Horace Brooks, Kimberly Faulk, Kristin Haney, Lee Ellis, Margaret Pacheco, Merritt Clifton, Roy Charles Clayton

Verdict in long-delayed Elisa Pilarski pit bull death trial not due before June

March 12, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Charged with manslaughter in the 2019 case,  fiancé Christophe Ellul is expected to receive light sentence SOISSONS,  France––The legal outcome of the most publicized pit bull attack ever,  the November 16,  2019 dismemberment death of 29-year-old Elisa Pilarski,  six months pregnant at the time,  will for her fiancé and manslaughter defendant Christophe Ellul,  51,  remain […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Breeding, Central Europe, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Germany, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alexandre Novion, Christophe Ellul, Laureydane Ortuno, Merritt Clifton, Mihiata Te Rore, Rallye de la Passion, Sharon de Wit, Stephen G. Campbell, Tom Garner

Case against fiancé for Elisa Pilarski death by pit bull may go to trial

May 30, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

Prosecutor refers case to court,  four and a half years after Pilarski and unborn child were killed PARIS,  France––The Soissons public prosecutor’s office on May 24,  2024 referred a long-pending manslaughter-by-pit-bull case against Christophe Ellul,  50,  for the November 16,  2019 death of his fiancé Elisa Pilarski to the Soissons criminal court for prosecution,  reported […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Central Europe, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Mediterranean, Netherlands Tagged With: Christophe Ellul, Julien Morino-Ros, Le Rallye de la Passion, Maïté Koda, Merritt Clifton, Xavier Terquem Adoue

Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s mother & a Dutch witness speak

July 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Benoit Blanc, Christophe Ellul, Elisa Pilarski, Merritt Clifton, Nathalie Pilarski, Sharon de Wit

DNA & vets agree: pit bull Curtis, not hunting hounds, killed Elisa Pilarski

November 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Deer & other horned species, Dog attacks, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Mediterranean, Wildlife Tagged With: Alexandre Novion, Caty Richard, Christian Diaz, Christophe Ellul, Elisa Pilarski, Guillaume Demarcq, Merritt Clifton, Soumya Berkane

Pit bull or hunting hounds? Who killed Elisa Pilarski & unborn child Enzo?

April 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

DNA data may decide which dog did the killing,  but maybe not who was at fault SOISSONS,  France––Pack hunters and pit bull enthusiasts are pitted against each other in a melodrama gripping French media since November 16,  2019,  when someone’s dog or dogs killed Elisa Pilarski,  29,  six months pregnant. Anxiously awaited DNA test results […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Central Europe, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mediterranean, Show, Training Tagged With: Antoine Gallon, Brigitte Bardot, Christophe Ellul, Elisa Pilarski, Frédéric Trinh, Merritt Clifton

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