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t could be found at the start of the 19th century on the main mountains of the centre and south of the old continent, but at the beginning of the 20th century it had already disappeared in the Alps and later it disappeared from other mountain ranges of the Iberian Peninsula, Balkans and Mediterranean islands: Sardinia and Sicily. It was hunted in the Alps until it disappeared altogether. In 1978 a breeding programme in captivity was started up and the first three captive couples were formed.

The Ibex of the Alps (Capra ibex)
WHERE TO SEE THE BEARDED VULTURE IN EUROPE
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ALPS
BALKANS
CORSICA: France
CRETE: Greece
IBERIAN PENINSULA : Spain
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