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Paris agency BETC and client Canal+ have teamed up for a number of animal-themed commercials over the years, from their famous directing bear to their ballsy unicorns. But this latest creature could be their most impactful yet.
That's because he seems to crash into everything, when he's not tearing things to shreds, pulling his owner down the sidewalk, or scratching his anal glands in front of dinner guests. Yes, the wild boar (is that what it is?) in BETC's Christmas ad for the French pay-cable network is one crazy beast—and its owners' patience is wearing thin.
Check out the spot here:
The message is amusing enough, though pet-adoption agencies might feel aggrieved that the spot casts animal adoption in a poor light—unless they're actually happy that it fundamentally warns people not to blithely give pets as gifts.
With Canal+, these owners could have gotten their pig fix just by watching Babe.
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