Gibraltar. 9th October, 2014. Thirty Macaques, better known as Gibraltar’s Barbary apes, will be transported to a zoo in Stirling Scotland next week as part of a programme implemented by the Gibraltar Government to stop the spread of urbanised apes across Gibraltar’s city centre. At a press conference held at the Wessex Lounge at the International Airport Government Minister John Cortes announced that the thirty apes had been captured and held in safe areas as they were being prepared to be transported to Blairdrummond Wildlife Park in Stirling on Tuesday 14th October 2014. © Stephen Ignacio/A
Gibraltar – 9th October 2014 – Thirty Macaques, better known as Gibraltar’s Barbary apes, will be transported to a zoo in Stirling Scotland next week as part of a programme implemented by the Gibraltar Government to stop the spread of urbanised apes across Gibraltar’s city centre. At a press conference held at the Wessex Lounge at the International Airport Government Minister John Cortes announced that the thirty apes had been captured and held in safe areas as they were being prepared to be transported to Blairdrummond Wildlife Park in Stirling on Tuesday 14th October 2014. The apes were trapped with minimal disruption during the past month. The relocation, is part of the Gibraltar Government’s wide Barbary macaques management plan which counts on a number of key measures such as increased human resources and awareness. The Macaques were identified at one of a group of at least 160 apes roaming Gibraltar. The group was monitored and observed to be the largest pack entering urban areas, crisscrossing between areas as far apart as Catalan bay to Laguna Estate and the main city centre. During the press conference the Minister for the Environment John Cortes called on the co-operation of the public to ensure that apes were not fed in urban areas so as not to attract them in these areas.
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