GC4BXRR Traditional Cache Extinct Animal: Pyrenean Ibex
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 05/11/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 14.010 W104° 18.613 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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The Pyrenean Ibex was a subspecies of the Spanish Ibex, found in abundance in the Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain. Inability to compete with other species in the region and extensive poaching led to depletion of Pyrenean Ibex population to a great extent, with less than 100 individuals surviving by 1900 and eventually less than 40 in 1910. Various conservation measures ensured that the animal lived for another few decades, but the population remained negligible throughout the century, before finally getting extinct in 2000, when the last living individual of this species got crushed beneath a falling tree. An attempt to clone Pyrenean Ibex seemed successful with a young one being born in January 2009, but died within a few hours of its birth due to lung failure.
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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 05/04/2019 By ladditude
The "fourth was with us" on this beautiful Colorado spring day. We visited and found 30 caches, this was one of them. Thanks to all the owners for placing and maintaining these for us to enjoy. It was lovely here today... rolling green grasslands, lots of barns and windmills, and many horses, goats, sheep, even llamas were seen. TFTC SL

Found it 05/01/2019 By gnome_goddess
Quick find. Cute container!

Found it 03/08/2019 By BearAdair
Snow day, so catching up on logs.

Found this fun little series with animjason while we were in the area. I love impromptu caching adventures.

Thanks Imusttravel2000! Logged Extinct Animal: Pyrenean Ibex from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #221 ~

Found it 03/08/2019 By animjason
BearAdair and I weren't doing anything today. We were driving around Parker doing errands when the caching itch hit.

We ended up in this area finding extinct animals, and defeating an alien invasion.

Thanks for the fun. Ended up with 13 finds before it started getting dark.

Thanks Imusttravel2000! Logged Extinct Animal: Pyrenean Ibex from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #10338 ~

Found it 03/07/2019 By LostinDenver
Today after grabbing a puzzle cache in Parker, I headed to the plains to grab several caches. During my day I saw two Kestrels (I thought they were Merlins, but they aren't), a Golden Eagle, a Red Tailed Hawk, several deer and a bunch of Magpies.
No problem here! TFTC!

Found it 07/25/2018 By JCs Girl
Cute container. I got 38 caches today; enough to earn the final Hidden Creatures World Turtle souvenir, yay! JC had a good time with me today; she's snoozing beside me as I log today's caches. TFTC.

Found it 05/08/2018 By robespierre50
Headed out this way on a nice day to rack up some caches. This fish was certainly a long ways from water. Nice, tftc sl.

Found it 05/06/2018 By reforestgrrl
Fun container! Thanks for this series of caches. TFTH

Found it 05/06/2018 By Cache Dipper
Ditto Reforestgrrl

Found it 04/28/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches