Science - December 7, 2010
Students film wild boar
For the first time in decades there are wild boar in the forested ridge called the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Two Wageningen students have managed to film them, in preparation for a bigger adventure.

In order to gain some experience, the two students borrowed a camera trap from the Dutch youth association for nature study. 'During a recce we saw a black shadow dashing into the brambles and we heard a grunt', says Janzing. 'Unfortunately, the animal was gone then.' So the two snap-hunters set out to look for traces of boar, such as food or hair. Then they set up three camera traps: small cameras that film everything that passes in front of them. And a week later they bagged their prey: