It’s believed about 500 of these primates are roaming the Cape Penisula, knocking at those homes encroaching on what is considered their natural space.
As the primates swing from trees to surrounding properties, the city of Cape Town says communities are not educated enough about baboon-proofing their properties. Because humans and wild animals have now to co-exist.Mayoral Committee member for Spatial Development Eddie Andrews says, “A recent survey that we’ve undertaken shows that most people are not aware of what a baboon proof property looks like, things like not putting out dog food during the day.
“Part of the programme would be where our field rangers would be paintballing as an aversion tactic because we picked that when residents get real frustrated they use real firearms with bullets and kill the baboons, and we are arguing that paintballing would be more humane for baboons to remain in their natural habitat.”