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 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 ...

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 ...

French horse breeder Elodie Cappe poses with "Rillette", a wild boar she rescued as a piglet in 2023 that is now at the ...

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 ...

Official demands to cull Rillette the orphan sow as a ‘health and safety risk’ leads to marches and protest ballads ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wild boars are known for their love of plowing up meadows and pastures. For some people, they are not more than a tasty roast ...