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Gorham’s Cave monument up before DPC 18th April 2021
The April virtual meeting of the Development and Planning Commission this Thursday will discuss the Government’s planned boardwalk and Gorham’s Cave monument site. Located opposite the entrance to the recycling centre on Europa Advance Road the monument is a silhouette of the Rock including a cut out in the shape of the entrance to Gorham’s.
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What keeps the macaques in the Upper Rock
By Brian Gomila, Monkey Talks Gibraltar
Residents of the South District have reported a spike in macaque roamings in recent weeks. From a single macaque inside a kitchen in Naval Hospital Hill to reports of a small gang passing through Europa Walks Estate and hanging in and around as far down as Rosia Battery. The question that gets asked the most by those affected is simply, why? Why do they come down? Inevitably the suggestion that they are coming down due to lack of food also gets thrown in the mix.
Whilst making no attempts to justify these undesirable roamings, nor the nuisance macaques can cause within urban areas, perhaps the question to ask is why not? How come scores of macaques don’t make it a habit of coming down more often? After all, its not like there are any physical barriers preventing them from doing so. Macaques are of course not tied down to any social restrictions either. They are habituated to humans (and within reas