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The city has reacted to an NSPCA statement by throwing all its toys out of the cot and punishing the public it is supposed to serve by threatening to stop all baboon management.
City of Cape Town reviewing baboon programme after NSPCA decision Share Cape Town - The City of Cape Town says it will review the terms and conditions of its Urban Baboon Programme contract with NCC Environmental Services following its decision to withdraw the use of paintball guns as a means of deterring the animals from entering urban areas. The decision follows the National Council of SPCAs’ withdrawal of its approval of paintball markers as a scientifically proven and humane aversion tool. The City warned residents and business owners adjacent to the baboon’s natural habitat that babo...
'CoCT stops use of paintballs on baboons with no transition or alternative plan' 14 May 2021 5:40 PM Share This: Baboon Matters founder Jenni Trethowan says 'it feels like the City is stamping its foot, saying see what happens next.' NCC marshalls Kataza the baboon in Tokai on 17 October 2020. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN Many lobbyists have argued for a long time for more humane practices in helping manage baboons living alongside humans on the urban edges of the Cape Peninsula and have called for the stopping of the use of paintball guns. The paintball markers are used to move the troops out...