Rates increase among proposals to keep baboons out of Cape Town suburbs

[deweyzeph]

Same problem with Vervit monkeys in Durban. People feed them and the monkeys realize human food with all the sugar and fat is much better than human food.

They become a pest and become emboldened by these do-gooder idiots and then they get shot at by air rifles or eaten by everyone else's dogs.

The Vervit becomes destructive of property and aggressive because in the law of the jungle your food actually belongs to them and they want it.

Don't get me started on bins but in Durban the trash scattered around from ripped up refuse bags is because of humans doing this, scavenging whatever they can find they just empty the bags out on the pavement, have a look and then walk away.

Yip, people are the problem. Not the baboons or monkey's. It's actually pathetic how you never hear of a single person in Cape Town being fined or prosecuted for feeding baboons, or leaving their garbage out unprotected or anything. It's far easier for the City to blame the baboons for the problem, instead of addressing the real problem which is people's behaviour and lack of giving a crap.

 

[Thugscub]

People on average are just plain fekkin stupid. Give the baboons guns.

 

[airborne]

People on average are just plain fekkin stupid. Give the baboons guns.

Why guns, RPGs are more effective??

 

[Calkem]

There's no way they really spend that.

Okay they have spend hundreds of millions in the past 10 years, I guess you have made your point and plan to spend an extra R100 million to "solve" this problem, whats a hundred million here and there.

 

[itareanlnotani]

As someone affected by this, I'm going to say this isn't a solution.
For one, the baboons don't pay rates.

Lest you think I'm being facetious, here's some proof.

Some photo's of the ones who come visit and raid my compost bins.

 

[airborne]

Wouldn’t having some big dogs on the property keep the baboons away?

 

[ForceFate]

Wouldn’t having some big dogs on the property keep the baboons away?

How many dogs? Are baboons scared of dogs?

 

[Bigjay84]

Next there will be a tax on the water the baboons are drinking from the city, any excuse to tax the already over stressed ratepayers

 

[Craig_]

None in Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Gordon's Bay, Durbanville or around Tygervalley area, not that I've seen. I've looked but nothing. Where are all these baboons?

You've clearly never been to Jonkershoek, they're there.

 

[neoprema]

People wanted socialism by voting DA so now they have socialism.

As opposed to Cadreism in the ANC and Genocide from EFF?

 

[neoprema]

I'll take "care" of them for free. Not sure how the meat tastes though, but willing to find out

This is how we land up with Pandemics!!

If it’s not sold at Woolworths you don’t eat it. Simple.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

This is how we land up with Pandemics!!

If it’s not sold at Woolworths you don’t eat it. Simple.

Woolies also sold that poisonous polonies and their fresh food tend to be on the vrot side of things.

 

[N@t3]

They tried this with paintball guns and the people freaked out. Some even shat in other people's pants.

hahaha best comment ever.

 

[neoprema]

Woolies also sold that poisonous polonies and their fresh food tend to be on the vrot side of things.

I've never had a single issue with a Woolies purchase. Maybe you were at a fake one like Wolies.

 

[ForceFate]

As opposed to Cadreism in the ANC and Genocide from EFF?

Genocide?

 

[surface]

Genocide?

dubula ibhunu man. Although I don't get our brother's point as ANC has already set up concentration camps for minorities so it is a miracle that he is alive. Maybe just a matter of time once we have zim 2.0

 

[rietrot]

As someone affected by this, I'm going to say this isn't a solution.
For one, the baboons don't pay rates.

Lest you think I'm being facetious, here's some proof.

Some photo's of the ones who come visit and raid my compost bins.


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So nice of you to put food out for them.

 

[Kola-CT]

Are the baboons then not just going to move to areas with lower rates they can afford?

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

Are the baboons then not just going to move to areas with lower rates they can afford?

Yes that is the plan, chase the baboons to a place with lower rates. CoCT will soon chase a pack of baboons into your suburb! Might as well levy us all just like the water tank levy.

 

[Calkem]

Authorities okay hunting and killing of Cape baboon despite call to Minister Creecy for a moratorium