Chamois were reintroduced to the Black Forest in the 1930s, mainly for hunting reasons. The reintroduction was so successful that, by the 1940s, the population had already reached several hundred individuals and had spread in all directions. The animals survived the second world war and the occupation almost unscathed. Even before the war, Franco-German relations between hunters and foresters in southern Baden were very good, and the French occupying forces promised to protect the chamois in the Black Forest. In return, eleven chamois were captured on the Feldberg in 1956 and released back into the wild in the Vosges near Ranspach. Today, the resulting population is estimated at over 2,000 animals and spread all across the Vosges.