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Brought in for Sport, Gibraltar’s ‘Nuisance’ Barbary Apes now Set to be Killed

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes!” Oh, for the love of Charlton Heston.
Barbary macaques, thought to have been introduced to Gibraltar in the 18th century by British soldiers for use as target practice, are now finding themselves in danger once again after becoming ‘nuisances’.
From the Telegraph:
Ernest Britto, Gibraltar’s tourist minister, defended [...]

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