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

Animal rights campaigners in France are fighting to save a wild boar adopted as a piglet by a horse breeder but now ...

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

A French court has ruled that a wild boar named "Rillette" can remain with her owner, after a long legal battle and public ...

Horse breeder Elodie Cappe found the female boar -- named Rillette after a delicacy often made from pork -- in 2023 when it ...

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

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, ...

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 euthanize her triggered a storm of protest ...

After early attempts to release the boar back into the wild failed, Cappe had Rillette sterilised and vaccinated, provided her with an enclosure and put in several requests with the regional ...