South Africa Increases Efforts To Stop Baboon Break-ins

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Mon, 03/23/2009 - 8:55am

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Baboons seeking snacks are breaking into tourists' cars in South Africa, and authorities have threatened to fine visitors who give them food and encourage their aggressive pursuit of bananas and sandwiches. There has been a spate of cases where baboons stole picnics and snatched bags from people in popular tourist spots around Cape Town.

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