‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

The Guardian World | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:03 GMT

Baboons raid the homes,
Cape Town plans a swift roundup—
Activists protest.

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answerCape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents. The animals will be sterilised and…

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