Protest against baboon enclosure in Cape Town, South Africa Members of the local community protest outside a new baboon enclosure to show opposition to the permanent captivity and containment of Simon s Town s wild baboon troops on Red Hill Road, Cape Town, South Africa, on September 06, 2026. Cape Town s chacma baboon troops, particularly those around Simon s Town on the Cape Peninsula, have long been at the centre of a contentious human-wildlife conflict. As urban development has encroached on their natural foraging range, baboons have increasingly entered residential areas in search of food, leading to property damage, safety concerns, and, at times, violent confrontations with residents. Local authorities and conservation bodies have ex