You've goat to check out this museum in Austria


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In the Tyrolean Pitztal valley, holidaymakers can observe Alpine ibexes particularly well. — TVB Pitztal/dpa

Spotting an Alpine ibex, with its magnificent curved horns, while trekking through the Alps is a sight to behold. And now, there's a museum dedicated to the goats in western Austria.

Pitztal valley in Tyrol, Austria is home to the largest population of ibex in the eastern Alps, with 1,200 of the wild goats living in the mountains. These ibexes are the descendants of six that had been brought from Switzerland and broke out of their enclosure.

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