If little over 350 Chacma Baboons on the Cape Peninsula during the last decade... why should a critically endangered population be culled?
During the past decade there have been estimated to be little more than 350 Chacma baboons left in the Cape Peninsula - in part due to their high level of mortality as a result of human-baboon interaction. This fact has raised the question of why culling the Peninsula's baboons in accordance with the culling protocols introduced in 2009 and 2010 has been seen as necessary.
The photo above shows members of two troops and is a visual representation of the approximate number of baboons on the Peninsula - with estimates generally made at between 350-400 in around a dozen troops. With a small already endangered population like this, there is no room for experimentation or strategies such as the culling protocol or action plan for dispersing males and/or repeat raiders introduced in 2009 and for individual baboons in 2010.
These protocols in effect attempt to remove the baboons' protected status.
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