In 2021 Capetonians demanded that the City of Cape Town and Cape Nature declare an immediate moratorium on the killing of baboons.
73 baboons had been euthanised under the instruction of the City of Cape Town and Cape Nature since 2012 in terms of permits issued by Cape Nature.
Protestors addressed a letter to Western Cape Environment MEC Anton Bredell, the mayoral committee member for the environment, Marion Nieuwoudt, Cape Nature CEO Razeena Omar and Cape Nature's executive director of conservation operations, Dr Enrst Board.
"We demand an immediate moratorium on the killing of Chacma baboons until workshops that include baboon interest organisations and individuals with experience are held as a matter of urgency.
The letter also demanded that the use of paintball guns be immediately stopped as "it is clear that monitors are not bins this a method of last resort and are paint balling baboons, even when they are foraging out of the urban edge."