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Ethan James

Long goodbye for beloved monkey troop over health fears

A macaque monkey troop that has lived in a Tasmanian park for 40 years will be left to die out. (HANDOUT/LAUNCESTON CITY COUNCIL)

A troop of macaque monkeys that has called a city park home for four decades will be prevented from reproducing because of worries about ongoing inbreeding.

The monkeys, 10 of which were gifted to Launceston in Tasmania by Japanese sister city Ikeda in 1981, will die out in about 25 years as a result of a council decision. 

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