Purpose of Hermanus Baboon Action Group

Purpose of this website

  • To promote awareness of the dilemmas facing baboon troops and residents in suburbia
  • To encourage research and interventions enabling the safe humane return of baboons to their protected, natural habitat.
  • To advance the call for trained baboon monitors to be reinstated/ authorities to cooperate with communities, experienced baboon monitoring organisations and Cape Nature to explore workable solutions.
  • To update information relevant to the local troops.
  • To encourage job creation and upskill monitors.
  • To interact with other communities faced with similar issues.

 

HBAG Communication 31 January 2025
 
As the service provider (HWS) have withdrawn their Baboon Monitoring service from Hermanus East the Overstrand Municipality is still in the process of establishing an in-house service which will include a Hotline and a team of monitors to move the baboons back into the mountain.
 
The new hotline number is 069 151 5962 (WhatsApp only) but it will take a number of weeks for a trained team to be active on the ground.  We therefore have to help each other with communicating their whereabouts and doing what we can to ensure that Hermanus is not a food source for the troop!
 
Join your local WhatsApp Baboon alert groups to remain informed of the troop movements, and to keep your neighbours informed.
Hermaus Heights:  Russel Schierhout 082 2112 527
Kwaaiwater: Pat Redford  082 908 4002
Fernkloof: Errol van Staden 083 637 0700
 
Please look at our Warnings and Tips tab for more info.