There has been a significant increase in the number of baboons killed on the N2, between the start of Sir Lowry's Pass and the De Hoek farm stall near Grabouw.
CapeNature said grain falling from trucks travelling the route had become "an easy source of food" for baboon troops.
Baboons, like many of their human cousins preferred not to work too hard for their food. As a result, at least one or two baboons a week, "from tiny babies to big healthy males", died on the road.
"Picking up (their) carcasses is quite traumatic," said Leon Lourens, CapeNature's conservation manager at the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve.
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Motorists should "slow down and drive carefully", CapeNature said.
Conflict between people and baboons was increasing as more people moved into baboons' habitats, said Natasha Wilson, manager of CapeNature's business unit in the metro area.
"The problem is worsened by people being unwilling to compromise."
- Staff Writer
- This article was originally published on page 6 of Cape Times on November 24, 2008
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