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*Baboons Terrorise Kariba Residents*

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Residents of Kariba town are up in arms with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZIMPARKS) over a baboon menace that has continued unabated.

The residents have threatened to approach the Parliament to register their complaints.

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In an interview with Newsday, human rights activist John Chirinda of Patsaka Trust said:

> We want to be informed of what [Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority] Zimparks has done to reduce baboons population including efforts by Municipality of Kariba.

> Who is accountable to damage of properties, homes, windows and doors, where women and children are being terrorised? There is a need to evaluate wildlife damage to the tourism sector.

Kariba council spokesperson Gabriel Maziofa had this to say:

> Zimparks should use 0,22 firearms in the township which has a small range, but these are hardly available.

> Furthermore, there are legal challenges against the use of firearms in human settlements resulting in baboons overrunning the settlements.

> This has resulted in stiff competition for food that has seen them break into homes, stealing from people around the townships.

*More: Newsday*

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