Baboon Management

Since August 2012, Human Wildlife Solutions has been the service provider to the City of Cape Town for their baboon management program on the Cape Peninsula. The aim of this project is to keep wild baboon troops out of town at least 90% of the time, in an effort to prevent human wildlife conflict.

Human Wildlife Solutions manage 11 baboon troops which range between Constantia and the Cape of Good Hope Reserve. We use a variety of aversive techniques to keep a line between baboons and humans, in an effort to prevent human-baboon conflict. This has been an exceptionally successful project, as HWS keeps baboon troops in natural areas on average 98% of the time (2012-2015 average).

We believe the success of this project is due to the expertise and insight of qualified and experienced staff, and taking each individual troop and their behaviours into account.

We proudly employ a team of 79 local South African staff, with a variety of experience and educational backgrounds, in order to meet the requirements of this tender.

Reports

Publicly available monthly reports are produced about the baboon management project. These contain raiding activity and out of town records of the Cape Peninsula baboons, as well as a breakdown of hotline calls for the month, and updated monthly population figures of each troop. In addition to this, monthly, seasonal and daily trends of baboon behaviour are reported on.

To see our latest reports as well as the report archive, click on the Reports Archive button below.

Reports Archive

Latest Report: September 2018

This monthly report covers the period from 1 to 30 September 2018. This is the first month that the report has covered the full calendar month and in future this format will continue to be followed. September is generally regarded as the start of spring when the winter rains complement the heat of summer and the fynbos comes alive. This month the baboon troops again spent 99.9% of their time out of town, suggesting there was sufficient food for them out of town.

Unfortunately, baboon individuals only spent 94% of their time out of town, indicating that certain individuals were returning to town on quite a regular basis. This was partly caused by fights between the two dominant males upsetting the rest of the Da Gama troop. However, the main reasons for individuals spending time in town would appear to be the continued poor waste management in many areas, and also the high availability of trees with ripening fruit in the south, particularly in Da Gama Park, Welcome Glen and Ocean View.

Baboon Protection Services

Baboon Rangers are provided for events, functions and film shoots that are held in areas that baboons may frequent. The Rangers provide security and peace of mind for the people attending the function so that they can enjoy themselves without being harassed.

HWS is the only service provider in Cape Town that holds the required CapeNature permit that allows the use of aversive techniques in the management of baboons. To request a quote please complete the enquiry form or contact us.

Information and Advice

Please find below a wealth of links to information pertaining to baboon related matters.

Virtual Fence

Tools used by HWS

Baboon management

what can you do to assist?

Baboons in your house

Understanding baboons

Dealing with baboons

Avoiding contact and conflict with baboons

Baboon protocol for raiding baboons

Baboons are wild and must be treated with respect poster

Help us keep our baboons safe and wild

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