By Jenni Trethowan | Founder
STOP KILLING THE BABOONS
In December 2018 we launched our campaign to raise funds that would enable Baboon Matters Trust to continue working towards our long-term goal whereby baboons are protected from hunting and that non-lethal methods of management are encouraged as preferred mitigation strategies for reducing conflict between baboons and humans across South Africa.
In the first quarter of the cycle we have raised just 10% of the goal for the year, and as we have been under huge pressure to assist in areas affected by fires as well as baboons killed by land owners, we know that we are going to be under enormous strain to keep up our good work if we don’t secure funding quickly.
We are planning specific fund raising campaigns but our work will also be taking us to the pine plantations of Mpumalanga to gather samples and to meet with land owners so that we can start work on scientifically based mitigation strategies that will reduce damage attributed to baboons.
We continue to pursue prosecution in cases where baboons have been heinously treated and killed – one case goes to trial at the end of March and we hope to push the public prosecutors to actively bring at least two other cases to court; a clear precedent must be set that it is not acceptable to kill baboons.
In efforts to create awareness and education about baboons, we have produced our first short education video about the behavior of baboons, watch the short on clip on this link:
https://web.facebook.com/Baboon-Matters-74156619573/?ref=bookmarks
We have also produced our first newsletter for 2019 and the articles have been well received, if you missed it, do take time to have an enjoyable read through!
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=73329aa2571af8adfebff0d2c&id=967bf2a60d
We will be hard at work on a number of issues over the next few weeks, so please look out for our updates on social media, you can find us on Instagram, Facebook and in next couple of days twitter too.
Thank you so much for your support to date, it really is appreciated!
Warm regards,
Jenni
Baboon Matters Trust
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