Have you watched our podcasts? Check out episode 1 and 2 - Baboons Matter: Conversations for the Future of our baboons. Episode 1 – The Ethics of Killing Baboons Should baboons be killed as a management tool? Assoc. Prof. Elisa Galgut, Ryno Engelbrecht (Baboon Management WC), and Jenni Trethowan (Baboon Matters) unpack the ethics and implications of proposals to cull or remove entire troops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPJCb0UuXE Episode 2 – Do the Guidelines Really Protect Baboons? How eff

FAMILY FEUD IN BABOON LAND A clash between two troops of baboons at Kasane Rural Administration Center recently resulted in a lengthy and violent duel, which captured attention of the public, until officers from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks eventually separated them. According to Chobe district wildlife officer Ms Gaone Nkganetsang, baboons are territorial by nature and an invasion from a member of another troop usually leads to an aggressive fight. She said baboons usually guar