From what I've been able to deduce from the comments, this is a part of Cape Town that's basically where the white people of means have segregated themselves, and the baboons aren't native to the region at all, they just ended up there for one reason or another.

It's probably a curse.

The video says that the baboons have lived there "for a million years" at 1:20.

That guy, allow me to retort:

1. Chimps rape other species and keep the bodies for later raping: http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=80057

2. Chimps will eat your face and bite off your hands:
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=53814

3. Chimps have no respect for cats:
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=63607

4. Chimps attack their own and eat them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPznMbNcfO8

That guy, allow me to retort:

1. Chimps rape other species and keep the bodies for later raping: http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=80057

2. Chimps will eat your face and bite off your hands:
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=53814

3. Chimps have no respect for cats:
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=63607

4. Chimps attack their own and eat them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPznMbNcfO8

Anaxagoras, I forgot about that part of the video, so many of the anti-baboon Cape Towners in the comments were using "this isn't natural baboon territory to begin with" as an argument that it became fact.

FINE YOU WIN

I have an irrational hatred of all monkeys.

Apes are okay though.

Baboons are the worst, though.
You know what will end Capetown's Baboon Wars?
A duffel bag or two of shotguns.

"Yeah, sure, break into my house, baboon. See what happens."

"The baboon was reaching for something around its waist when I shot it."

"Hey, weren't there two bags full of guns here before?"

"Yeah where's the other one?"

"Is that it in the tree?"

"Yeah, this is the bag, but where ar-"

{{BLAP!}}

"Holy shit! Someone just shot Marvin in the fa-"

{{BLAP!}}

"WHAT THE HELL? WHER ARE THEY SHOOTING FRO-"

{{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}}

"IT'S COMING FROM ALL OVER! OH MY GOD! THE BABOONS HAVE TH-"

{{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}}

"TAKE COV-"

{{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}} {{BLAP!}}

"AGH! AH GOD! WHY? WH-"

{{BLAP!}}

As bad as baboons are, they aren't even as bad as chimps.

Also, this video could be a satire; baboon police holding the line? It doesn't get better than a grape for a baboon? guffaw!

simon-
Baboons are even shitty to other baboons. At least chimps get along with each other sometimes.