Field of fresh cow pats welcomes first dung beetles to be rewilded in France
Briefly

In a forest clearing filled with cowpats, French history is being made: the country's first translocation of dung beetles in a nature reserve near Bordeaux.With the same pomp and ceremony afforded to the release of an Iberian lynx or a European bison, about 60 ball rolling insects were brought to the marshy forests of Etang de Cousseau in south-west France on Wednesday to restore a vital ecosystem function on the Atlantic coast.
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