David, the baboon, may reach Hottentots Holland troop.(News)

From: Cape Times (South Africa) | Date: May 17, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Environment Writer

DAVID, the wild baboon which was captured on Tuesday night after he had gone walk-about in Grassy Park, may get his chance to cross the Cape Flats and join a new troop in the Hottentots Holland mountains.

Allan Perrins of the SPCA, where the baboon is being kept, said last night that a primate researcher at UCT had written to CapeNature suggesting that the baboon be allowed to be released away from the Cape Peninsula.

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