A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanise her triggered a storm of protest. Found as a tiny piglet near garbage bins outside the horse farm of Elodie Cappe in Chaource,

Animal rights campaigners in France are fighting to save a wild boar adopted as a piglet by a horse breeder but now threatened with being put down if her owner does not send her to a specialised sanctuary.

The adoptive parents of a wild boar named Rillette fought against local authorities that wanted to have her euthanized.

Adopted wild boar ‘Rillette’ can stay with owner, court rules – after threat to remove her sparks backlash - Brigitte Bardot added her voice to storm of protest sparked after authorities threatened to

Sitting on a hay bale, French horse breeder Elodie Cappe delicately patted and lovingly rested her head on Rillette, a wild boar she took in as a piglet, worrying she could be separated from her pet in the midst of a legal battle with the French justice system.