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THE FACTS ARE: Baboons have both the musculature and teeth to do tremendous damage – if they choose to do so. But over the many, many years of interactions between humans and baboons, reports of actual baboon bites are extremely rare. In our own 25 years’ experience of dealing with baboons, there have been a couple of situations where ...
1. März 2019 · When the Constantia Bulletin broke the news on 4 July 2018 that Cape Nature had issued permits to two vineyards to hunt up to two baboons per day, there was shock and confusion - confusion as we had always believed that the Cape peninsula baboons were protected from hunting, and shock that permits issued for one year would allow 2 baboons per day to be hunted. But more than that, there was ...
15. Juli 2019 · The history of the Misty Cliffs troop is an horrific blot in the copybook of baboon management on the Cape peninsula. The Groot Olifantsbos (GOB) troop first became habituated to easy food rewards gained from Scarborough in early 2000; note that it took almost two years before monitors were employed to try and get the baboons out of the village, this was two years too long.
If a baboon does manage to enter your home: Stay calm! We cannot emphasise this enough! He will not hurt you unless he feels threatened or cornered. Make sure he has an exit route like an open window or door. If you have dogs, lock them out of the way. If you are holding food, drop it. In a wrestling match over food the baboon will win.
17. Apr. 2024 · Five species of baboons exist around the world. These Baboon species are the Chacma, Olive, Yellow, Guinea, and Hamadryas baboons. Four of which ( excluding the Hamadryas) can be found in southern, central and northern Africa. They are known as Savanna baboons. These baboons are categorized too, by their complex, hierarchical order of troops ...
Spotting baboons on the road-side can be a real treat. Please slow down if you see them, or, even better, pull over and enjoy their antics for a while. Baboons are often killed when they dart across roads. To baboons, roads provide underfloor heating in winter, and the year-round attraction of waste thrown from cars. Please keep all waste ...
The earliest written record of baboon encounters by European explorers dates back to 1591, and in 1652 Jan van Riebeeck wrote “Again saw many baboons feeding at the foot of the Lion Mountain, very big and horrible to look at”. Records also document the first raids by baboons, towards the end of the 18th century – it’s no surprise that ...
