......Posted on 01/18/2025 7:26:18 PM PST by BenLurkin
Animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner.
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.
She told the BBC she had initially tried to release Rillette back into the wild, but the boar came running back.
"She's happy here," Ms Cappé said.
Wild boars can carry diseases and cause a nuisance to farmers because of their size. Weighing between 60-100kg, according to the Woodland Trust, they are capable of knocking down fences, damaging fields and killing livestock.
While attacks on humans are rare, wild boars have increasingly been spotted roaming towns and cities across Europe - prompting officials to authorise culls in several countries.
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......Wut, Froggies let pork/bacon beast live and the NY Guv’na Hochul orders a squirrel and raccoon to be murdered?
Sacre’ Bleu.
Teach Rillette to find truffles and her welcome will be assured.
Le sanglier! A pet? Or protection, perhaps, against members of the Religion of peace!
Beauty & The Beast!
Very sweet story.
I’ve always loved animals. All animals. They’re far more honest than humans.
I have only seen one wild European boar. I was on a military training exercise in France. It was huge and not an ounce of fat. My first thought was- ‘that is the largest black bear I’ve ever seen.”
I’d say both in this case.
I always like to see wild animals adopted and turned into pets. There’s a current thread on X with pet bears adopted as very young orphans and other wild animals too. Friendly and cuddly.
” protection, perhaps, against members of the Religion of peace!”
Great comment. LMAO
Does not may logical sense.
They are wild animals.
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