South Africa: Kommetjie resident pepper-sprayed baboon amid rising tensions, SPCA threatens action

Residents of Kommetjie, a village on the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town’s deep south, say that the failure of local authorities to provide adequate resources for baboon management is a key factor behind recent escalations in human-baboon conflict in the area.

This comes after a protest about the presence of baboons in the town on Sunday culminated in an attack on a member of the local troop. The gathering, which was reportedly intended as a peaceful protest organised by the Kommetjie…