‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents . The animals will be sterilised and permanently moved to a newly constructed sanctuary. The plan has been fiercely criticised by animal rights…
The city of Cape Town is facing a contentious issue as it prepares to remove two troops of chacma baboons that have been breaking into homes and shops. The city council plans to sterilise and permanently relocate the animals to a new sanctuary, a move that has been met with strong criticism from animal rights activists. The activists argue that the monkeys should be allowed to roam freely and that less destructive methods have not been adequately explored.
The conflict between residents and baboons has been escalating since the 2000s, when the city stopped culling the animals due to public pressure. However, in recent years, the population has grown by a third, reaching 493 baboons, leading to increased confrontations.
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