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Gibraltar to Kill Pesky Apes

Famous wild monkeys terrorize tourists

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2008 5:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – Gibraltar has decided to kill a band of its famous Barbary apes that has been harassing tourists and residents, AP reports. The 25-strong group of renegade apes—actually large monkeys—has moved to a popular beach area where the animals have been stealing food and climbing into open windows. The British territory's tourism minister said the decision to kill the apes wasn't made lightly.

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The Rock of Gibraltar, home to a famous colony of wild monkeys. (Getty Images)

Animal rights groups have slammed Gibraltar's decision to cull a group of Barbary apes. (Earth Life Forms - Animals)

A Barbary ape perches upon a rock on the Rock of Gibraltar in Gibraltar, in this February 2000 file photo. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane, File)

Barbary apes perch high above the British territory of Gibraltar. ((c) Plutor)

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Gibraltar to Kill Pesky Apes