Daily Voice 2024-12-24

RESIDENTS of Grassy Park and Lavender Hill received another surprise visitor yesterday when a large male baboon went walkabout in the area. The animal was successfully captured by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA Wildlife Department in the vicinity of Rondevlei. Reports of a baboon spotted along Prince George Drive near Steenberg came in first and he later made his way to Grassy Park. Gavin Walbrugh from the Steenberg Community Police Forum said the baboon did not pose a threat, but was threatened by laaities who threw stones at it. Belinda Abraham of the Cape of Good Hope SPCA said the bobbejaan was caught and in the SPCA’s care, and they will be requesting guidance from the relevant authorities with regards to its safe release. In August, another male baboon…