Residents on the lookout for young baboon on the loose

A BABOON on the loose and seen roaming the Umbilo and Glenwood suburbs of Durban might not have been sent by witches, but could be a stowaway.

- ALYSSIA BIRJALAL

Or, it could have escaped from the Durban muthi market, those were the theories that local officials from Monkey Helpline were mulling over.

Conservationists were concerned about the well-being of the animal and were eager to track the baboon that has been running scared through those areas.

Residents of the Umbilo and Glenwood areas were asked to keep an eye out for the baboon that has mysteriously slipped into the region.

It was suspected that the juvenile baboon possibly hopped aboard a ship that travelled from Cape Town and later disembarked at the Durban harbour.

“It’s just a little juvenile, so it’s no threat to anybody. It will not hurt anyone,’ said Carol Booth, coordinator, rescuer and caregiver at the Monkey Helpline.