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Latest revision as of 10:25, 5 August 2023
| Organization | Baboon Matters Trust |
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| Region | South Africa |
| Website | Website |
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| ProjectLeader | Jennifer Trethowan |
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Across South Africa baboons are killed on a daily basis. These intelligent primates are offered little or no protection in law and land owners frequently use lethal management as a quick, cheap resort to "get rid of the problems". Killing baboons is not an ethical, effective long term measure. Baboon Matters Trust aims to ensure that municipal by-laws are promulgated in Cape Town and that South Africa's national biodiversity laws are improved to provide protection for primates nationally.
Challenge
Throughout South Africa baboons are considered to be "damage causing" animals. Although it has been proven that lethal management does not provide long term solutions and that effort needs to be placed in mitigating the damage, it is simply too easy for land owners to kill baboons. Collectively NGOs and civic groups are demanding change, there is an urgent need to change outdated laws and focus attention on education and training of best practise to reduce baboon human conflicts ethically.
Long-Term Impact
Positive campaigning, workshops and public participation will result in the presentation of acceptable by-laws to the City Cape Town by the end of 2019. Engagement with national ministers to start the process of drafting changes to national law will begin. In urban areas implementing by-laws will result in immediate improvement to waste management and reduction in baboon/human conflicts. In agricultural areas the focus will be on constantly improving methods so that baboons do not raid crops.
References
Additional Documentation
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/37780/projdoc.pdf
Project Gallery
Exhausted mom
Mother and daughter
End of day grooming
Mothers love - uplifting
Peaceful time
Eyes
Afternoon doze.
Infant baboons are called "pink face"
Chacma baboons are under threat in SA
