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Carvings of the ibex were found in antiquities in Yemen, as the animal was chosen to be an emblem of the region’s ancient civilizations. Image used under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Yemeni activists and intellectuals called on the Yemeni authorities to make January 22 of each year a national day for the Yemeni ibex and to revive it as a historical symbol in Yemen to curb the hunting of the endangered animal. The ibex, is a ruminant and very similar to the goats, in terms of its long neck, but its most important characteristic are the long and curved horns. According to some studies, ibex have existed on t…