Apes are a 'daily menace', says Rock employee

We met an employee at a well-known establishment in Gibraltar last week. She wishes to remain anonymous because she is afraid of losing her job. Her arms and legs showed bruises and bite marks. "We have to walk around with sticks because the apes attack us all the time," she told us. Colleagues, she added, are constantly having to call in sick because of the stress involved. None of the employees at this establishment -owned by one of Gibraltar's leading firms- have had any training or really know what to do in case of serious attack. Despite their pleas, she said nobody has done anything about it for years. There have been some serious incidents with the apes on Gibraltar,over recent months, including attacks on tourist families, on cruise ship crews and even invasions of hotel rooms.