‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town

Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain At the edge of Da Gama Park, where the Cape Town suburb meets the mountain, baboons jumped from the road to garden walls to roofs and back again. Children from South African navy families living in the area’s modest houses played in the street. Some were delighted; some wary; most were unfazed by the animals. A few miles away, overlooking a soaring peak and sweeping bay, Nico...

By Rachel Savage in Cape Town. Photography by Tommy Trenchard