The council said that continued breeding from the monkeys would cause overcrowding in the population - which is already plagued by the herpes B virus and in-breeding.

Launceston City council has voted to sterilise the troop of captive monkeys in city park. It means the Japanese macaques, ...

A troop of monkeys that has lived in a Tasmanian park for four decades will get the unkindest chop because of worries about ...

For more than 40 years, visitors to Launceston’s City Park have been able to view Japanese macaques frolicking about in their ...

Launceston’s City Park will become monkey-free within the next two decades after the local council voted to sterilise the ...

Launceston City Council has voted to sterilise the popular troop of macaque monkeys living in City Park as they are becoming ...

A wildlife advocacy group that is helping rehabilitate 31 captive macaques in Indonesia has weighed in on the Launceston ...

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The Launceston council will next week vote on whether to sterilise the monkeys in city park. The troop is the last remaining ...

A lack of genetic diversity within Launceston's resident Japanese macaques means local councillors will have to decide ...

The City of Launceston will restrict future breeding of City Park's Japanese macaque troop if a recommendation from Council ...