On 18 September 2026 WAPFSA addressed an urgent letter to the City of Cape Town and representatives of SANParks, CapeNature and the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team.
The Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa (WAPFSA) is a national network of thirty South African organisations, established in 2017 to engage government on matters concerning the conservation and protection of wild animals and the natural environments in which they live. Its members work across animal protection, conservation, environmental justice, law, governance, climate justice and community advocacy. WAPFSA’s positions are informed by robust science, constitutional and environmental law, ethical and compassionate conservation practices, and a commitment to humane coexistence between people and wild animals.
WAPFSA writes to remind the City of Cape Town, SANParks and CapeNature and representatives of the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team that there is a viable alternative to capturing the Waterfall and Seaforth baboon troops and confining them permanently at the proposed Kogelfontein Urban Wildlife Centre.
The alternative is an appropriately designed and located baboon-proof fence, developed and assessed with the benefit of Dr Dave Gaynor’s expertise, together with the waste-management, monitoring and community measures needed to make the intervention effective.
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