ATTEMPTS TO INTRODUCE THE ALPINE IBEX IN ROMANIA

With a view to enrich the fauna of the mountain regions, it was decided to introduce the Alpine ibex back in 1978.This mammal was originally brought to a colonization enclosure in the Ciuca Mountains (Eastern Carpathians).Later, they were taken to Snagov forest (Ilfov county), and finally to the Western Carpathians in Alba county.A new colonisation process had been initiated in the Southern Carpathians, but it never came to be.In acclimatization pens, but also in the wild, this species lasted only 15 years (1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994), due to non-adaptation.