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French justice saves a domesticated boar threatened with euthanasia by the authorities

Rillette, a domesticated boar, has been saved from the euthanasia that the authorities wanted to apply to her after a court decided this Thursday to annul the prefecture’s order for its owner to sacrifice or hand her over.

The animal, one year old and weighing about a hundred kilos, was found by its owner, according to his version, in a state of abandonment when he was just one month old.

The woman, Elodie Cappe, adopted him and took him to the grounds of her equestrian business, where he lives in his own enclosure and maintains a great relationship with the guard dogs.

However, French legislation prohibits the having of wild animals unless expressly authorized.

Cappe made several attempts to regularize the animal and, after his third failed attempt, in December the prefecture (Government delegation) of the department of Aube (east) began a procedure for the young jabata to be delivered to him or sacrificed.

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The Troyes Prosecutor’s Office supported this action, arguing that “a wild boar taken directly from nature does not have a lawful origin,” but the administrative machinery met with a wave of sympathy in favor of Rillette.

While Cappe multiplied his appearances in the press next to the animal, he got the support of the actress Brigitte Bardot, devoted for decades to the protection of animals.

And last Saturday, about five hundred people demonstrated in the small town of Chaource dans l’Aube (of barely a thousand inhabitants) under the slogan “Save Rillette”.

Finally, the Administrative Court of Châlons in Champagne, ruled today that the prefecture “re-examine” the application submitted to the owner of the animal, since the ban on having wild animals provides for specific authorizations, and condemned the State to pay it the sum of 1,500 euros, local media report.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.