Gibraltar Government Cracks Down on Monkey Business
The popular Spanish car hire day-trip destination of Gibraltar looks set for a facelift as government officials launch plans to cull a portion its famous Barbary Apes. A recent population explosion has seen the apes wreaking havoc throughout the territory which is owned by Britain.
The government of Gibraltar plans to cull 25 of the 200 apes now living in the territory. According to officials, the cheeky Barbary Apes have been monkeying around in a number of ways including climbing over cars, opening rubbish bags and rifling through handbags of unsuspecting tourists.
Gibraltar Envirnment Minister Ernest Britto said a license had already been issued for the cull and two of the apes have already been administered with the lethal injection.
Commenting on the culling measures, Helen Thirlway, head of Britain’s International Primate Protection League said:
“We are more than happy to work with the government of Gibraltar and with the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society to help them develop more efficient, alternative solutions, but this needless slaughter has to stop.”
Locals of Gibraltar have always said that if the apes disappear, Britain will lose control of Gibraltar.
In the past, the apes were cared for by the British army stationed in Gibraltar, who chose to locate them up on the rock where they were fed daily to prevent them from loitering down town.
