A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by ...

Keeping the boar, though, meant Ms Cappé risked a three-year jail sentence and a €150,000 (£127,000) fine. Her appeal to a ...

Elodie Cappe took in a female wild boar. Due to unfavorable laws, she faced imprisonment for keeping a non-domesticated ...

Elodie Cappe took in a female wild boar. Due to unfavourable laws, she faced imprisonment for keeping a non-domesticated ...

A French woman who has kept a wild boar as a pet since finding and domesticating the animal can keep it for now, a court has ...

Brigitte Bardot added her voice to storm of protest sparked after authorities threatened to separate Rillette from owner ...

A French woman who has kept a wild boar as a pet since finding and domesticating the animal can keep it for now, a court has ordered, overruling local authorities who insisted the animal had to be ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by ...

A French court is set to rule in coming days on the fate of "Rillette", who was found as a tiny piglet outside the horse farm ...

A French court allowed a wild boar named Rillette, raised by horse breeder Elodie Cappe, to stay on her farm after authorities threatened removal. Animal rights activists, including Brigitte Bardot, ...

She was found rummaging around the bins among rotting vegetables, and feeding off the scraps and waste at her adopted home.

Horse-breeder Elodie Cappé first spied the animal as a lone piglet rummaging around the bins among rotting vegetables in April 2023. The sow, named "Rillette" grew up alongside Cappé on her farm ...