Post Mortem On Gibraltar Ape
A few days ago the body of an ape was unloaded at Liverpool and despatched to Edinburgh. It was from Gibraltar and was one of the famous Barbary Apes. Worried by the decline in the ape population of the Rock, officials have (requested surgeons to find out the cause of death. The reason for their concern is that a widely, held superstition claims that, when the apes die out, British rule over Gibraltar will end. During the war their number dropped to five and Mr Churchill, then Prime Minister, issued an order that reinforcements were to be brought in from North Africa. An Army officer was made responsible for their protection. 1
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 29, 24 August 1949, Page 5
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117Post Mortem On Gibraltar Ape Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 29, 24 August 1949, Page 5
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