Johannesburg — It was a normal holiday morning. My family was getting up for the day and my husband had just left for a meeting. I was holding one of my children in my arms and another by the hand ...

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Cape Town - If all goes as planned, the Cape Peninsula Baboon Advisory Group will be formally established next month. This is according to the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT ...

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 ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Cape Town, South Africa, said they successfully captured a baboon that had been spotted wandering through multiple suburbs. The Animal Welfare Society of SA said the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A renowned American primates expert says baboons are “out of control” on Africa’s southernmost tip because animal rights supporters have thwarted efforts to keep them in check. UN ...

THE two juvenile Chacma Baboons that were rescued in Durban last week are in good spirits and could be released back into the wild once DNA tests are completed to determine where they come from. The ...

Baboons on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula are attracted to residential areas by the ready availability of food waste and fruit trees. The extirpation of the primates’ natural predators and steady ...

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 ...