Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Ibex enclosure

The walkthrugh enclosure for alpine ibex. This enclosure is situated nearly 750 meters above ocean level, and is the highest situated animal enclosure in Europe.
July 2007

Barrier???

Wont the Ibex be able to jump over those fences or is there another barrier?

That is just a barrier to keep the visitors on their path and not disturb the ibex. There is another fence behind the path

This is great but I always think it is a bit mean to keep animals in enclosures that take the animal to the limit of its adaptive capacity.Obviously the ibex are well able for the rockwork but I bet they would love an area of pasture too - even a small one.Just because an animal can deal with the toughest terrain or conditions should not mean having no other option 24h a day 365 days a year.