Top expert says conflict at an all-time high
Simon's Town at 'crisis point' over baboons after fatal shootings
Cape Town's southern suburbs of Simon's Town and Kommetjie are the 'ground zero' of human-baboon conflict, though opinion is divided over whether baboons and humans should be segregated
25 April 2025 - 04:30
An expert has warned that conflict between humans and baboons is spiralling out of control in Simon's Town where two of the creatures were recently shot dead...
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