Information regarding alleged illegal activities against baboons
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Please provide the following relative information:
1. Statement of complainant (detailed statement of what
happened)
2. Statement of witness if it is a different person to plaintiff
(details of what happened)
3. Evidence collected e.g. photos, videos
Help us to keep our
baboons safe
and wild
How
can you
help?
* Information that needs to be filled in to follow up on the
complaint
Fax this information to 086 528 9716 or hand deliver it to the
CapeNature Head Office at the PGWC Shared Services Centre,
cnr Bosduif and Volstruis Streets, Bridgetown, Cape Town (see
map below).
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Baboon-proof your
home and report
illegal acts
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Report the presence
of baboons if there
are no rangers in the
vicinity
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Report people feeding
baboons
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(if the offence did not take place at the offender’s residence)
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Baboon Hot Line
071 588 6540
Keep baboons off your property
Joint management of baboons on
the Peninsula
ALWAYS
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Plant indigenous
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Keep doors locked and windows closed when
baboons are in the vicinity
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Install night bolts into sliding doors
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Ensure that windows, particularly top-hung ones,
have a latch at each end of the opening edge to
prevent baboons from pulling the frame and breaking
the glass
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Install burglar bars with gaps smaller than 8 cm,
including sides and tops of bars on windows you
usually keep open
NEVER
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Feed baboons.
They will return to your
property again and
again
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Leave any food or
seeds on display
where they can be
seen
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Plant fruit trees,
vegetable gardens or
make compost heaps
unless they are in a
locked caged area or
surrounded by electric
fencing
Chacma baboons form part of our rich biodiversity and
heritage. The Peninsula baboon population is growing steadily
and is not endangered or under threat. In 2009, the population
stood at 385 and at the end of 2011, the population census
recorded that the baboon population was 475.
Partnerships between the authorities and communities are
critical to ensure a sustainable baboon population in the
natural areas of the Peninsula.
Safeguard your bin
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Secure both latches with
padlocks or clips at all times
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Secure your bin lid with a
strap, rope or chain
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Knock a pole in the ground and
attach your bin to the pole. The
bin must be raised off the ground.
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Store your bin in the garage or in a
caged area
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Lie the bin on its side – locked
The City of Cape Town, South African National Parks
(SANParks) and CapeNature, known collectively as the
Baboon Technical Team (BTT), have joined hands to ensure
a sustainable baboon population. A wide range of City of
Cape Town residents are elected to the Baboon Liaison
Group (BLG) which is made up of representatives from
affected communities.
The BLG meets regularly with the BTT and researchers
from the BABOON RESEARCH UNIT (BRU) to
discuss a range of issues related to protecting baboons,
such as retribution by residents, which includes injuries
from pellet guns, poisons, dogs and car injuries. The City of
Cape Town is also mandated to protect residents and visitors
from raiding baboons. The City has contracted the services
of Human Wildlife Solutions to minimise conflict between
humans and baboons.
What happens to raiding baboons?
Anyone caught feeding baboons could face a year’s imprisonment, a fine of up to R5 000 or both. Shooting at baboons with
paintball guns or any other weapon without a permit could result
in two year’s imprisonment, a fine of up to R10 000, or both.
The goal of management is zero spatial overlap between
baboons and humans as both parties stand to lose when they
share space. If baboons manage to evade the field rangers
and raid regularly it lowers their welfare and conservation status
while also posing a risk to human health and property. Every
effort will be made to try and prevent baboons
from becoming habitual raiders and only
when this fails will such baboons be
euthanised after due consideration
of all the relevant facts.
Please report alleged illegal activities
against baboons — see form overleaf
For more information please
contact Dr Elzette Jordan,
City of Cape Town,
Tel: 021 851 6982.
Laws protecting baboons
Baboons are protected under the Nature Conservation
Ordinance 19 of 1974. It is illegal to feed or hunt baboons
without a permit.
Let’s join hands to keep our baboons safe and wild.