Outcry over planned removal of 121 chacma baboons from the Cape Peninsula
By removing the baboons, authorities would be removing a keystone species whose ecological functions cannot be replicated by any other animal, activists say
10 June 2025 - 18:18
The Cape Peninsula’s last 121 chacma baboons, which are facing imminent threat of removal from their habitat, are among South Africa’s most critically endangered primates...
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