The Government introduced a new law earlier this year prohibiting the deliberate touching or interfering with Barbary macaques.
This came into force in August 2020 and followed evidence that the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, was being transmitted from humans to animals such as dogs, cats, lions and tigers.
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