Swiss Review 6/2020

Swiss Review / November 2020 / No.6 12 Society The improbable return of the mountain king The Alpine ibex is an imposing, iconic creature. Yet the “mountain king” almost disappeared from Switzerland for good. Poachers, of all people, smuggled young ibexes back into the Swiss Alps before the animal was officially reintroduced 100 years ago. Resettling any endangered species is a very complicated business.