I didn't see the wolves this time but a visit to Klelund Plantation is never wasted. This time I stumbled upon a beetle I hadn't met before and I caught a glimpse of the elusive Wild Boar.
The wild boar -Sus scrofa was shamefully hunted to extinction in Denmark in 1801. A fence has been erected along the border to keep them out. They are potential carriers of swine flu and this is bacon country. We can't have species around that could threaten our wallets, and farmers in Denmark often get their way at the expense of nature.
There are a few fenced parks where small populations of healthy boars have been introduced,

Typhaeus typhoeus -Trehornet Skarnbasse or the minotaur beetle, is a beetle in the family Geotrupidae, an earth-boring dung beetle. They are native to Europe but unfortunately rare due to the destruction of habitat. They are found in sandy, sunny areas of pine forests or in sandy moorland. Often in areas with high concentrations of Cervus elaphus- Red deer.

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