Baboons With Knives and Chainsaws

The coronavirus pandemic forced a popular British drive through safari park to close for several months.  When the park reopened in June, it appears that some of the residents had armed themselves.

Workers at the popular Merseyside attraction claimed they spotted the troop carrying tools – with keepers suspicious the baboons were being armed ‘for a laugh’ by visitors hoping they would then wreak havoc with other people’s cars. 

Others speculate the cheeky animals have been pinching them from workers’ toolboxes when they’ve stopped in their enclosure.

The baboons have been known to swarm cars entering the safari park and in some cases have ripped off windscreen wipers and wing mirrors.

Operators of the safari park seem to be taking advantage of the "armed baboon troop" publicity.  There are suspicions that there are no troops of chainsaw toting baboons patrolling the 550 acre site.  

Park management has taking a big financial hit during the Covid-19 shutdown.  They argue that keeping their drive through facility shutdown while allowing drive through restaurants to operate was a bit of a farce.

Making a ‘big cats v big macs’ argument it questioned why changes to Covid-19 lockdown allowed drivers to use fast-food drive-thrus but not visit the park.

A spokeswoman said being remaining closed while the restaurants were allowed to reopen ‘didn’t make sense’.