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

Found as a tiny piglet near garbage bins outside the horse farm of Elodie Cappe in Chaource, central France, in April 2023, ...

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

Animal rights activists in France are mounting a vigorous campaign to spare the life of a wild boar named Rillette, adopted as a piglet by horse breeder Elodie Cappe. Authorities threaten to euthanize ...

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

Found as a tiny piglet near garbage bins outside the horse farm of Elodie Cappe in Chaource, central France, in April 2023, "Rillette" has now grown into a large sow with a bristly brown coat who ...

French horse breeder Elodie Cappe poses with "Rillette", a wild boar she rescued as a piglet in 2023 that is now at the center of a legal dispute over the keeping of wild animals in France, near ...

Animal rights campaigners in France are fighting to save a wild boar adopted as a piglet by a horse breeder but now threatened with being put down if her owner does not send her to a specialised ...

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 ...