“Wild Boars Seized from Solognot Couple by OFB Agents”

The two wild boars Pumba and Mimi were seized on Tuesday May 30 by OFB agents to be transferred, according to their owners, to Calvados. The couple from Solognots who had taken in the two wild boars when they were born collapsed.

Cindy and Nicolas had been dreading for several months that their proteges would be taken away from them. It was done on Tuesday, May 30, when OFB agents, supplemented by the gendarmerie, arrived in the morning at the entrance to the La Ferté-Saint Aubin estate, of which the two Solognots are the guardians. A dozen of their supporters were present when the truck asked for access to the enclosures where Mimi and Pumba have been living for several months.

Their seizure, mandated by the Loiret prefecture according to the couple, gave the environmental police a hard time. The panicked animals struggled vigorously before being captured and pushed onto the trailer bed.

Dejected, Cindy is in tears, she watched helplessly as those she had taken in 15 months earlier and whom she considers to be her “babies“. “If they were dangerous, or unhappy, I would have understood this decision. Why didn’t you wait for the judgment The Orleans court must indeed rule on whether or not Mimi and Pumba can remain permanently. Because the law considers wild boars not as domestic animals, but as wild animals.

The Solognot couple believes they have done everything to keep them. The male was neutered and electrical safeties were placed both inside and outside the enclosure. “They didn’t bother anyone.” pleads Cindy.

The couple will call on their lawyer to ask for the suspension of the seizure. In the hope of bringing back Mimi and Pumba who would have been transferred to Calvados.