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A park for the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Julia E. Fa
Julia E. Fa*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Apartado Postal 70–233, Mexico 04510
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The two Barbary macaque troops on the Rock of Gibraltar have long attracted countless numbers of tourists, yet no benefit to this endangered species has ever resulted. Rather, some visitors feed and disturb the monkeys of the Queen's Gate group, with drastic consequences for their activity, breeding and general condition. The author, who has worked with the species on the Rock and in the wild in North Africa, proposes the establishment of a park, which would protect the Queen's Gate troop, generate funds for conservation, and act as an education centre.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 242 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1987

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