The news that a domesticated pig that was facing death was allowed to stay with its owner has caused excitement among animal rights activists in France.
Elodie Capé found the boar, named Riljet, in 2023, on her horse breeding farm in Chorz, central France.
Riljet was a piglet at the time and it is assumed that she was abandoned by her mother.
Kape sought permission to keep the wild animal, but local authorities denied her request.
Since she couldn't find a shelter that would take care of her, one option was to put the wild boar to sleep.
A French court ordered local authorities to review the decision.
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When Elodie came home with a pig on April 1, 2023, her husband thought it was an April Fool's joke.
She tried to release Riljet back into the wild, but the animal returned.
"She's happy here," Cappe told the BBC.
Wild boars can transmit diseases, and their size can hinder farmers.
Weighing between 60-100 kilograms, they can knock down fences, damage fields and kill livestock, warns the Woodland Trust, a British nature conservation organization.
Although they rarely attack humans, these animals have been increasingly spotted in cities across Europe, leading officials in several countries to allow their cull.
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Local authorities rejected Elodie Capa's request to keep the wild animal, and they couldn't find a sanctuary that would accept it.
This French woman had two options: to give it to a woman who made a living training animals for films or to euthanize Riljet.
She wanted neither.
For Elodie Capé, Riljet is "the best friend".
"We hug a lot. I'm learning a lot of things. She knows how to sit when you tell her to, lie down, and play with the dogs."
"She joins us on horseback rides. She sleeps with the dogs. She's hilarious and spends her days fooling around," she says.
However, for keeping the animal, Kape risked three years in prison and a fine of 150.000 euros.
Her appeal to the French court has interested many around the world.
They called her, she says, from Germany, Ukraine, Brazil, Canada and the United States.
Riljeta's story is compared to a case in America, when Authorities put the tame squirrel Pinat to sleep in 2023, which caused great outrage.
Brigitte Bardot, a French animal rights activist and film star, has joined the campaign to save Riljet.
A court in the nearby town of Chalons-sur-Champagne ruled that authorities must reconsider Elodie Capa's original application.
They were ordered to pay her 15.000 euros in damages, Reuters reports.
The judge said that "the capture of live wild boars is prohibited, but regional authorities have the authority to approve it."
Kape was thrilled when her lawyer told her about the court's latest decision.
"I started screaming out loud with joy," she said.
They will buy a cake and drink champagne.
Cake, along with apples, is one of her pet's favorite foods, she added.
Additional reporting by Alex Phillips
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