On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters. Enchanted ...

Santam says its clients were covered for up to 2% of their total sum insured for damage caused by wild baboons or monkeys, to ...

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The city of Cape Town’s baboon management operations are set to be taken over, although it is still unclear who will foot the bill. The contract with current monitors NCC is due to terminate at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baboon, named Kataza by locals, eats from discarded waste from stores in Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 17, ...

In my book Beast or Blessing I examined the history of baboons and established that baboons have been around for many thousands of years, and certainly living on the Cape Peninsula before the arrival ...

Baboon rights activists have expressed outrage and shock at the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team's Strategic Management Plan, which proposes the removal of five splinter troops, ...

Juvenile baboons frolick on a parked car in Da Gama Park. Opinions vary on how best to manage the growing population. Photograph: Tommy Trenchard/The Guardian Animal rights activists disagree with ...

Dr Joselyn Mormile is a conservation scientist who has been working with baboons and communities in South Africa for more than 15 years. Her work has included sanctuary care and veterinary medicine, ...

(CNN) — On the outskirts of Cape Town an unusual resident can often be found rummaging through rubbish bins and around back yards. The chacma baboon, native to southern Africa, has become quite ...