They're hunted for their meat, which most often finds its way into sausages or a kind of spread known as "rillettes". But one wild boar has captured the hearts of animal lovers both in France and ...

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 of Elodie Cappe in Chaource, central France, in April 2023.

But Rillette the wild boar has become something of a cause célèbre in her native France, garnering hundreds of thousands of fond followers around the world. A threat by local authorities to put ...

A French court convened on Monday to rule on the fate of a wild boar adopted by a horse-breeder in 2023. The sow, known as "Rillette", has become a cause célèbre in France and abroad after officials ...