{"id":774922,"date":"2026-09-18T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774922\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:20:13","slug":"baboon-wars-task-team-to-relocate-simons-town-troops-but-activists-oppose-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/774922\/","title":{"rendered":"Baboon wars: Task team to relocate Simons Town troops but activists oppose the move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gettyimages-102617966.jpeg\" alt=\"Cape Town authorities are planning to move two troops of baboons from the Simons Town area to electrified enclosures in the next two weeks.\" height=\"739\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Cape Town authorities are planning to move two troops of baboons from the Simons Town area to electrified enclosures in the next two weeks.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Paula Bronstein \/Getty Images\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cape Town authorities are planning to move two troops of baboons from the Simons Town area to electrified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,21322,233813,90,255586,56,54,55,186536,4407],"class_list":["post-774922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-cape-town","tag-city-of-cape-town","tag-science","tag-spca-cape-of-good-hope","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-western-cape","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}