Thank You all for taking the time and energy to read this: South Africa's baboons are being killed on a mass scale and urgently need your help to stop the killing.

MASS KILLING OF BABOONS IN THE SABIE AREA - PRIMATE XENOPHOBIA:
TIMBER COMPANIES IN THE SABIE AREA ARE MASS KILLING INDIGENOUS BABOONS TO PRESERVE ALIEN PINE PLANTATIONS - DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.

INFORMATION:
MASS KILLING OF BABOONS IN BLYDE RIVER MPUMALANGA AREA BY FORESTRY COMPANIES:
1. There is an urgent need for a moratorium to be placed on the killing of free ranging baboons by these timber companies.
According to at least two recent witness accounts, this genocide has been ongoing in spite of the forestry companies insistence it had stopped.

Hundreds of baboons have been killed in the area in the past by what was then Global Forest Products (now bought by York Timbers) and Komatiland Forests PTY. Once this was confronted, a moratorium was placed on the killing of baboons.

Although witness accounts claim these killings have been ongoing, Komatiland Forests have made a statement saying the moratorium was officially lifted in May 2008 after it was agreed at a BDWG meeting where the majority of representatives were plantation owners.

It has been identified that the timber companies are still killing indigenous South African fauna - baboons - on a mass scale, to preserve alien Pine Plantations for the sole reason of financial gain.  Placing financial gain above the protection of our environment will ensure its destruction.
2. It is possible for these baboons to be relocated if Mpumalanga Parksboard will grant permits for this. Although this option has been presented to the Timber Companies and Mpumalanga Parksboard, the genocide has continued while being hidden from those stakeholders who were fighting to save the baboons.

1. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION CALLING FOR AN URGENT MORATORIUM ON THE KILLING OF BABOONS BY THE KOMATILAND FORESTS AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED: 

2. FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP FURTHER, PLEASE WRITE A PERSONAL LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING:

- PLEASE WRITE TO THE D.E.A.T/SA GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THIS:
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PLEASE WRITE TO THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF  THE TIMBER COMPANIES ACTIONS:

THE Forest Stewardship Council - FSC
FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world%u2019s forests.
FSC CONTACT DETAILS:
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MPUMALANGA TOURISM - PLEASE WRITE TO ALL MPUMALANGA TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE HOW THIS IMPACTS ON THEIR TOURIST IMAGES:
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PLEASE WRITE TO WRITE TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE:

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Thys de Wet has been employed by KLF to find a solution to the baboon damage in Komatiland plantations

Jan Huyser  KOMATILAND FORESTS.    This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

JAN MULLER Mpumalanga Parks Board   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

DRIES PIENAAR Mpumalanga Parksboard - phone: 013 759 5342       This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >

JEFF DYER - EMPLOYED BY KLF TO TRAP AND KILL BABOONS - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Shaun McCartney  - York Timbers          
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WEBSITE:    www.yorkcor.co.za

DETAILS ON THE MASS KILLINGS AND PINE BARK DAMAGE