A baby chacma baboon is receiving care at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital after her mother was shot and she was found clinging to her mother’s dead body.
The organisation said the shooter would not be able to circumvent the law by saying the baboon was a problem animal because they left the baby alive.The Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital treats indigenous animals free of charge, relying solely on donations and support from the community.Scarface the Baboon in Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape has reignited debate about the province’s baboon management policy.
The “problem animal” had been placed in a temporary hold in order for it to be transported to a wildlife sanctuary in Limpopo. CapeNature and Overstrand municipality agreed it was not humane to keep him sedated and caged for an undisclosed time and decided to euthanise him, the municipality said.
Pete Oxford, a conservation photographer, said the group is calling for a softer approach towards baboons, particularly in Betty’s Bay, which falls inside a biosphere reserve.“A baboon is a baboon. It is an opportunistic feeder.”
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