France: Joy as wild boar facing death allowed to stay with owner

Rillette was found as a piglet after apparently being abandoned by its mother.

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The boar, named Rillette, was found in 2023 as a piglet by Elodie Cappé on her horse-breeding smallholding in Chaource, central France, after apparently being abandoned by its mother.

Local authorities had refused Ms Cappé the permission required to keep a wild animal. 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 husband thought it was a joke when she came home with the baby boar on 1 April - April Fool's Day - which she then raised.

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