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Stop the killing of Cape Town's Baboons
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Thank you everyone for supporting this petition. Baboon Matters Trust is currently in discussion with the relevant authorities about this contraversial issue. We will continue to negotiate and pursue all avenues on behalf of the baboons, to ensure the prevention of further unnecesssary killing. We will keep you updated on any further results. Many thanks and blessings from the Baboon Matters Trust and the Chacma Baboons of the Cape
We the undersigned, call on the city of Cape Town to halt the killing of Cape Town's baboons with immediate effect.
In 1998 the Chacma Baboons of the Cape Peninsula gained protective status. This status is now being overlooked with regards to repeat raiders and dispersing males and who are trying to leave the peninsula to join troops further inland. The city sprawl prevents them from following their natural route, and as a result they get stuck in the suburbs.
Now the City of Cape Town and Cape nature Conservation, instead of assisting them in their natural dispersion, or adressing management issues, has authorised the killing of these healthy, strong male baboons.
This is a travesty and we are horrified by the way Cape Nature Conservation, the very people who should be conserving nature, are contributing to the destruction of this species.
We call on the City to halt this unnecessary killing of our natural heritage and take the other valid, non-lethal options set out in the protocol, such as translocation, as well as put more focus on education and awareness.
In 1998 the Chacma Baboons of the Cape Peninsula gained protective status. This status is now being overlooked with regards to repeat raiders and dispersing males and who are trying to leave the peninsula to join troops further inland. The city sprawl prevents them from following their natural route, and as a result they get stuck in the suburbs.
Now the City of Cape Town and Cape nature Conservation, instead of assisting them in their natural dispersion, or adressing management issues, has authorised the killing of these healthy, strong male baboons.
This is a travesty and we are horrified by the way Cape Nature Conservation, the very people who should be conserving nature, are contributing to the destruction of this species.
We call on the City to halt this unnecessary killing of our natural heritage and take the other valid, non-lethal options set out in the protocol, such as translocation, as well as put more focus on education and awareness.
This petition is now closed.
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