Photo by @haarbergphoto (Orsolya Haarberg) Alpine ibex standing still in snow-covered landscape, surrounded by the steep mou...

Photo by @haarbergphoto (Orsolya Haarberg) Alpine ibex standing still in snow-covered landscape, surrounded by the steep mountains of Gran Paradiso. This national park is the only area where the Ibex was not hunted to extinction, therefore the whole European population is originating from those few individuals which survived here due to protection since 1821.
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