The federal hunting ban area in the Beverin natural preserve is home to the settlement of the Safien-Rheinwald ibex. The approximately 350 animals find an ideal habitat here on the steep rocky and grass-covered slopes. After the ibex was completely exterminated in Switzerland in the 16th century, it was only reintroduced into its natural habitat at the beginning of the 20th century. In the natural preserve, Beverin this goal was accomplished in 1954. You can learn more about this topic and other interesting facts about the «King of the Alps» in the Capricorn exhibition in Wergenstein.
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