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About Tracking Baboon Bandits:Car Break-ins and Restaurant Raids

They steal handbags, open cars, and have no respect for humans. The last baboons of the Table Mountain region have become a real-life issue. The animals are deliberately run over by cars, shot, and poisoned. According to scientists the baboons have to relearn that humans are a threat in order to survive. This documentary follows the "Baboon Police“ and their marauding monkey clans. Is there still a chance for humans and baboons to live in a peaceful neighborhood?

Tracking Baboon Bandits:Car Break-ins and Restaurant Raids is presented by Real Wild. Its listed runtime is 52 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
Tracking Baboon Bandits:Car Break-ins and Restaurant Raids
Category
Society
Runtime
52 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real Wild

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