Wolf

More than any other animal, wolves figure in a large number of tales.
Who has not heard of Grimm’s Fairy Tales? As children we were all told the story of Little …

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Lynx

The lynx was no luckier than the wolf and the bear.
During the 19th century the lynx was exterminated in Switzerland. Strictly carnivorous, the lynx was previously considered by man to …

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Brown bear

Until their extinction, brown bears lived in our forests for thousands of years.
In 1904 the last indigenous bear in Switzerland was shot by two hunters, Jon Sarott Bischoff and Padruot …

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