Baboons need to be respected, not feared, hated, hunted and persecuted by children and adults alike in South Africa

Public statement released by the Wildlife Animal Protection Forum South Africa (WAPSA) on 12th February, 2025.

”The Members of WAPFSA are deeply concerned by reports of school children violently stoning and beating a dispersing male Chacma baboon, then according to reports, binding him with metal wire and a tire, and burning him to death, while at a school in Mpumalanga Province. This barbaric and inhumane act was captured on camera and shared on social media.”

See the full public statement on the WAPSA website HERE.