The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT) – comprising SANParks, CapeNature and the City of Cape Town – has proposed removing five splinter baboon troops, totalling about 120 ...
The proposed removal of five groups of baboons from the Cape Peninsula has been met with mixed emotions and opinions. Some are celebrating an end to the decision paralysis of the conservation ...
Unruly gangs are raiding the expensive homes that line the spectacular coast of South Africa's Cape Peninsula, clearing out pantries, emptying fridges, and defecating over the designer furnishings. It ...
A baboon named Nikki, used in pregnancy experiments and confined to a cage at EVMS, rocks back and forth in psychological distress. Image obtained from this video by PETA through the Virginia Public ...
A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is a rare sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa's Kruger National Park. The baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if it ...
July 18 (UPI) --Officials with a Zambian electric utility said about 50,000 customers lost power when a baboon wandered into a power station and tampered with equipment. ZESCO, Zambia's electricity ...
Advocates say the unneeded animals deserve to feel the sun on their faces and grass under their feet after a lifetime in confinement. RICHMOND, Va. (CN) —The Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill ...
Readers of this Blog may think that I’m going through a bit of a simian crisis. And that would be understandable; perhaps I am. But close on the news about baboon trapping (my previous post on these ...
An image purportedly showing a newspaper clipping featuring a story about a gay baboon raping several men near an African village regularly gets shared on social media: This is not a genuine news ...