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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict…
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Cape Town’s city council announced it will imminently round up two troops of chacma baboons that have been breaking into homes and shops, causing repeated conflict with residents. The plan calls for sterilising the animals and permanently relocating them to a newly constructed sanctuary. Animal‑rights activists argue that coexistence, rather than removal, is the appropriate solution.
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