Glimmer of hope for Cape Town’s beleaguered baboons, and residents
Cycle of retributive killings of male baboons is peaking in Constantia’s ‘Bermuda triangle’
02 February 2025 - 00:00
“WARNING Wild cheetahs and snakes on these premises,” says a sign on spiked gates at the top of Bellevue Ave in Constantia, Cape Town, while an illustrated sign for another mansion lower down the street warns: “Owner shoots. Dog Bites.” This leafy area is a Bermuda Triangle for male baboons from the CT2 troop: one alpha after another has vanished here when its member pass through, four males in just over three months to January 17...
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