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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Cappe says Rillette no longer is a wild animal and that two attempts to set her free have failed miserably as the boar immediately ran back towards her owners. "Rillette has no link whatsoever ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...