When you buy an existing house in Betty’s Bay, you don’t know if the previous owners practiced proper waste management or if they fed birds, and ultimately baboons, in so doing attracting the troop to the property. If so, you will have to deal with baboon-proofing...
This month, with the long Easter weekend accompanied by relatively good weather, a plethora of reasons prevailed to go to Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens, not least of which the park run, plant sales, Easter egg hunts and face-painting for the kids, apart...
"In terms of the Cape Nature Conservation Laws Amendment Act, 2000, Ordinance 19 of 1974 and the Provincial notice 955 of 1975: It is illegal to feed baboons. It is illegal to poison, trap, hurt or kill a baboon by driving at it with the intent to kill. It is illegal...
The situation regarding the investigation of the shooting in Betty’s Bay of our key adult male baboon, known as Brutus, has been entirely unsatisfactory. HWS Monthly Report for Overstrand – February 2022 On 26 February BBM3 and 2 other baboons (an adult female...
It seems that Betty’s Bay has two serious issues that are emerging, one concerning the use of weapons against wildlife and the second the danger posed by aggressive dogs against both people, their pets and our wildlife. It is a complete misconception that...
Waste management Animal-proof bins are a requirement in a designated “baboon-affected area”, which covers the entire area of Betty’s Bay, no matter whether you have ever seen a babaoon in your neighbourhood or not. Current baboon management strategies are...