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Instead, I turned and was shocked to see Split Lip, the alpha male baboon from the troop that was frequenting Misty Cliffs, a small beachside town on South Africa's far southern Atlantic coast, just ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WTHR) – A Ring home security camera captured the moment a baboon was attempting to break in to a home in near Cape Town, South Aftrica. A Chacma Baboon, or commonly known as a ...

Animal Survival International warns that the City of Cape Town's plan to confine two baboon troops could lead to severe ...

An action plan to minimise the amount of time baboons spend in human-dominated environments and prevent further habituation has been agreed to by authorities in the Western Cape. Under the tough new ...

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 ...

Cape Town has finalised a R27m plan to relocate baboon troops into sanctuaries and behind fences, but animal welfare groups walked out of the announcement meeting, accusing authorities of announcing ...

(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 ...