6-Months-Pregnant French Woman Is Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs While Walking Her Own Dog

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On Saturday afternoon, 29-year-old Elisa Pilarski was walking her dog on a trail in Saint-Pierre-Aigle’s Forest of Retz, about 50 miles northeast of Paris, when she called her husband at work, according to French news outlets,FranceInfo,L’UnionandLa Rép des Pyrénées.

Worried, Pilarski’s husband left his job and went to help his wife. When he arrived at the forest,he followed the cries of the family’s dogand found the dog injured and curled up beside his wife’s body, which was covered in bites,L’Unionreports.

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On Monday, a medical examiner announced Pilarski had been mauled to death.

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The pack of dogs Pilarski feared may have belonged to a local hunting crew based in the village of Morsain, according to the newspaper.

In his statement, Trinh said that investigators are trying to determine the origin of the bites.

In an interview withLa Rép des Pyrénées,Pilarski’s family said the 29-year old“loved life and was passionate about animals.”

source: people.com