Germans Discover Beetles Again

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court Tuesday fined four Germans
almost $18,000 for capturing some 200 rare Cape stag beetles, the South
African Press Association reported.

The four men were arrested near the town of Ceres in the Western Cape
province on Jan. 9 in a sting operation in which police uncovered a number
of the endangered beetles, which are highly prized by international collectors.

Cousins Albert and Gunter Rautenstrauch, along with Wolfgang Schubert
and Werner Lenz, admitted they were in possession of the beetles, SAPA
said.

Officials found a total of 211 beetles among the 842 insects and seven
scorpions in the Germans’ possession.

Easy to understand why they’re endangered if they insist on going stag.

from Reuters