Baboon Bandits
They steal handbags, open cars, and have no respect for humans. The last baboons of the Table Mountain region have become a real plague. The animals are deliberately run over by cars, shot, and poisoned. The days of the last baboons at the Cape seem to be numbered. The baboons have to relearn that people are a threat in order to survive. Follow a group of humans who attempt to show them the way.
They steal handbags, open cars, and have no respect for humans. The last baboons of the Table Mountain region have become a real plague. The animals are deliberately run over by cars, shot, and poisoned. The days of the last baboons at the Cape seem to be numbered. The baboons have to relearn that people are a threat in order to survive. Follow a group of humans who attempt to show them the way.
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