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<font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">The Alameda Wildlife Park is located within the beautiful Gibraltar Botanic Gardens in the Alameda which dates back to 1816. The grounds on which the park stands were formerly a pitch and putt mini golf course.</font>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">A Brief History<br>
In 1994 the Gibraltar customs searched and confiscated a group of animals from a large container ship bound for Europe from Central Africa. These animals had been caught from the wild and were being smuggled illegally into Southern Europe.</font></p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">A team of volunteers from the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society who were allocated some funds from the Gibraltar Government set about constructing suitable enclosures and aviaries for these unfortunate animals, some of which were in a state of shock due to their dreadful ordeals through their capture and subsequent incarceration.</font></p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">Some of the animals that you will see at the Alameda Wildlife Park are the original birds and monkeys from the first container ships to be boarded by customs officers.</font></p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">These and other animals that came from such ships had to be housed, and so the Alameda Wildlife Park was born.</font></p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">The Alameda Wildlife Park is still under construction and will be for some time, but three quarters of the park are open for public viewing. Finance dictates what we can and cannot do in life and this is the case with the Alameda Wildlife Park. Public support and awareness are crucial to our cause; we aim to highlight the sometimes brutal and always stressful plight of animals that have been taken from their wild state only to spend the rest of their lives in cages or in research institutions.</font></p>
<p><font color="black" size="2" face="Geneva,Arial">When you visit Gibraltar why not come and meet some of the residents at the Alameda Wildlife Park. They need all the support that we can offer.</font>
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