Baboon Programme News Today

The young baboon was fatally shot in Seaforth near Simon’s Town on Tuesday, triggering an investigation by the SPCA.

While local activists have welcomed the City of Cape Town’s proposal to extend the Urban Baboon Programme for 18 months, some are concerned about the ability of the service provider – NCC Environmental Services – to fulfil its mandate if resources are spread too thin.

A young female baboon known as Maggie was shot and paralysed on a property near Cecilia Forest in Cape Town on Wednesday, 29 March.

The draft Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan could define a new era of baboon conservation, but local stakeholders have raised concerns.

The City of Cape Town is working to ensure a smooth transition to a new chacma baboon management plan for the Cape Peninsula.

For the next two months, residents and stakeholders living in areas adjacent to baboons’ natural habitat will have the opportunity to study and comment on the Proposed Baboon Strategic Management Plan (CPBSMP).

The killing of Sylon, of the Waterfall troop, illustrates again how the City of Cape Town, SANParks, Table Mountain National Park and CapeNature have failed baboons and management of the baboon-human interface.

John Maytham is joined by Cape Town’s deputy mayor, Eddie Andrews, on what some of the engagements have detailed so far.

The City says it will be meeting with residents, businesses and interested parties in affected areas in the coming weeks.

Municipal rates in Cape Town help pay for the city’s 24-hour Baboon Hotline encouraging residents to report raiding baboons. The number is saved on my