This post has been written to address the incident that occurred at Happy Valley Home in Simon’s Town on the 28th of January. According to a variety of reports, Happy Valley resident, Michael Bates was pushed off a ramp by a fleeing baboon near the men’s dormitory. Three days later, Bates, already an ill man, [...]
Feb
24
2010
24
2010
Sep
29
2009
29
2009
The Great Primate Handshake
The Great Primate Handshake Team Last week I met up with The Great Primate Handshake team in Tokai plantation. The Great Primate Handshake is an expedition team whose annual aim is to help raise awareness of African primate sanctuaries and conservation programmes by harnessing the latest communications and multimedia technologies to highlight and broadcast their [...]
Sep
28
2009
28
2009
Baboons on Carte Blanche
Yesterday the head of the Baboon Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, Dr Justin O’Riain, appeared on Carte Blanche in a segment focussing on the controversial management of the Cape Peninsula baboons. For those of you not from South Africa, Carte Blanche is a long-running South African magazine and actuality programme. This particular [...]