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

A French court has ruled that a wild boar named "Rillette" can remain with her owner, after a long legal battle and public outcry over the authorities' attempts to remove or euthanise the animal.

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 ...

Reuters Meet Rillette, the wild boar caught in a French legal battle Posted: January 16, 2025 | Last updated: January 16, 2025 Sitting on a hay bale, French horse breeder Elodie Cappe delicately ...

Unable to find a sanctuary to take Rillette, she faced the possibility of having to get it euthanised. A French court has now ruled the authority's decision must be re-examined. Ms Cappé's ...

The sow, named "Rillette" grew up alongside Cappé on her farm near Chaource. "She's an integral part of the family," Cappé told Le Figaro. French authorities, however, have taken a dim view of ...

A wild boar who was adopted by a French horse breeder his allowed to stay with her ... central France, in April 2023, “Rillette” has now grown into a large sow with a bristly brown coat who runs ...

A French woman who has kept a wild boar as a pet since finding ... Horse breeder Elodie Cappe found the female boar -- named ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with ... central France, in April 2023, “Rillette” has now grown into a large sow with a bristly brown coat who runs around between ...