Originally posted by mrcrow
Barbary apes live in Morocco and north Algeria. There is a population (currently about 100) that lives on Gibraltar, which are the last representatives of stock that once inhabited Europe. The British Army is now responsible for their care, and their numbers are often replenished with monkeys from Africa.
Actually, Barbary Macaque is a monkey, not an ape. It is also the only primate (besides humans) that live freely in Europe.
They are kept in Gibraltar to ensure that it stays under British rule.
*because the English are crazy...
/amish