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↠ Check out our 'Back from the Brink' series for more incredible wildlife conservation stories: • Back from the Brink
The ibex is the king of the Alps, famed for its curved horns and extreme climbing skills. But for centuries, these mountain goats were hunted by humans - to the very brink of extinction. A royal hunting reserve in Italy saved the Alpine ibex, but is climate change now threatening them all over again? We tell the story of their remarkable comeback and ask what the future might hold.
👉🏽 Gran Paradiso National Park is on the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, a program of best practice for conservation. It’s also one of the WWF’s Alpine “gemstones”, areas that have been identified as in need of urgent protection. The hope is that classifications like this will raise awareness and save the ibex and many alpine species. Visit GPNP's website to find out more about their conservation work: www.pngp.it/en/ . Or follow the team around on GPNP's youtube channel: • Progetto LEMED-IBEX, e...
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🔗 Other sources:
- Gran Paradiso National Park: www.pngp.it/en
- IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/species/4...
- Pyrenean Ibex: www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmi...
- Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s4155...
- Ecology and Evolution: ecoevocommunity.nature.com/po...
- NCBI: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- Alpenzoo Insbruck: www.forschen-handeln-erhalten...
- Environment and Society: www.environmentandsociety.org...
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