Ibex

Who can imagine nowadays that the ibex was once regarded as a wandering medicine chest, hence its extermination?

By 1650, the ibex had been exterminated in Graubünden. Its lack of fear …

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Red deer

The red deer is the largest ungulate in the National Park. In the middle of the 19th century these magnificent animals had been eradicated from the region. 50 years later …

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Chamois

The chamois is the only animal that has never become extinct or been exterminated in the National Park.

The need to protect the chamois was one of the main arguments for …

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