Loiret: a couple fights to keep two wild boars in their castle

Will Mimi and Pumba be returned to nature?

It is in any case the fear of a couple from La Ferté-Saint-Aubin in the Loiret, who had collected these two little wild boars at the castle of Ruth, as reported by the daily Le

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An investigation has indeed been opened by the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), because according to the legislation, the animal is considered a dangerous species.

Cindy and Nicolas Braconnier disagree.

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”, explains the woman to our colleague.

And for good reason, the young boars were raised from an early age by the couple.

A nest of five wild boars

While one of the hunter colleagues had killed a sow that had just given birth on March 31, 2022, Nicolas had gone in search of the nest of the five wild boars.

Without a mother, the couple had therefore decided to raise them.

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,” says Cindy.

Only two of the five wild boars will survive.

An electrified enclosure is set up by the couple, who feed the boars with wheat and various vegetables.

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," Cindy told Le

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The case is in the hands of the public prosecutor of Orleans, who will make his decision on April 11.