Emily Keates, 25, fell in love with wild boar cross Fella after fearing he was destined for the slaughter house. She paid £70 to take him home - only for him to be diagnosed with depression and three tennis-ball sized cancerous tumours on his abdomen. But despite being given just a fortnight to live in January, he has shown no signs of shuffling off any time soon after settling into a new life with Emily's seven dogs. Emily said: "I went one day to see some micro pigs and they were so cute.