A French court has now ruled the authority's ... When Ms Cappé's local authority refused her permission to keep the wild animal - and unable to find a sanctuary that would take the sizeable ...

A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on Thursday, after threats by authorities to remove and even euthanise her triggered a storm of protest.

A French court is set to rule in coming days ... 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 ...

The number of wild boar in France has tripled over the ... estimates that there are well over one million of the animals roaming the countryside, based on the number of annual deaths and the ...

CHAOURCE, France (Reuters) -A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain ... for authorisation to keep a non-domesticated animal. The requests were all rejected while local authorities ...

Wild boar can stay with owner after campaign, French court rules Animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner.

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 wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her ... prefecture for authorization to keep a non-domesticated animal. The requests were all rejected while local authorities ...

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 ...