Chris Mercer
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Campaign Against Canned HuntingLocation
Wilderness, Western Cape South AfricaOccupation
Director Non ProfitWebsite
www.cannedlion.orgAbout
Chris Mercer - CV. After a career as an Advocate practising law in Zimbabwe and Botswana, Chris came back to South Africa in 1984, and decided to retire young. He farmed in the Western Transvaal for ten years, before he and Bev moved to the Kalahari to establish a wildlife rehab centre and Sanctuary. This they ran for seven years. Now retired at Wilderness in the Cape, Chris keeps busy running the NGO which he and Bev founded, called the Campaign Against Canned Hunting, a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation. The couple’s work has earned them awards, both in SA and international. He is often called upon to speak on canned hunting by the media, and when the Ministe...