MSc Biology and Science Communication (Leiden University, Netherlands); BA Biological Anthropology (Boston University, USA)

Involved with primate rescue, rehabilitation and release 2006-2020, full time volunteer from Jan 2008 at 3 rehabilitation centres, also 2 short stints at Stormberg 2022. Primate rehabilitation centres attract wild primates so from 2008-2020 Sue had the opportunity to observe habituated primates extensively and see first hand the challenges that these primates present to their human neighbours. In 2011 qualified as FGASA (Field Guide Association of South Africa) level 1 Field Guide with a primary responsibility on education with particular emphasis on human/non human primate conflict as well as the social structure/behaviour and body language. Sue has visited agricultural farms, lodges and wildlife estates to advise on methods to prevent/avoid conflict and various methods of baboon/monkey proofing. While Sue has not had formal primatology qualifications she has spent extensive time in the field, living companionably free of conflict with the Chacma Baboons and Vervet Monkeys in South Africa. She is still contacted by people she’s met over the years for advice and has spent 5 months in 2022 touring the Western Cape and observing the issues surrounding the human/human conflict as well as human/primate conflict.

A Zoologist & Owner at Pete Oxford Expeditions, Pete is a professional conservation photographer and renowned expedition leader.

Jenny Parsons M.Sc. (Rhodes) is passionate naturalist, nature photographer and resident of Pringle Bay. A member of various conservation societies including: Botanical Society of South Africa, BirdLife South Africa and the South African National Biodiversity Institutes Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) program. She majored in Botany and Geography in the 1980’s at Rhodes University, did her postgraduate BSc Honours in Geography specializing in soils and hydrology. She is completed her MSc in Geography in 2021 and her thesis was titled “Understanding human-wildlife conflict: a geographic study of the Pringle Bay Chacma baboon troop”. This study looked at data regarding the movements of the Pringle Bay troop between 2017 and 2019.

Rooiels Resident

Owner at Pete Oxford Expeditions and Founder of Bettys Bay Baboon Action Group with a group of volunteers who would like to keep the Betty’s Bay baboons wild and free. Renee advocates for the need to work together to work on solutions for waste disposal. This is a work in progress for a new challenge we have never faced before on this scale. Bettys Bay BAG is committed to finding ways to co-exist without conflict. Bettys Bay and the surrounding towns in the area are within the Kobelberg Biosphere Reserve and we need to live in harmony with our local wildlife. Renee has produced many educational resources about baboons in the Kogelberg.