CACH is focused on exposing the shocking cruelty of the canned hunting industry
From the publication and distribution of their textbook 'Canned Lion Hunting - a National Disgrace' at the turn of the new millenium, Chris and Bev have become part of the conservation and animal welfare landscape in South Africa. Now formally structured as a registered wildlife charity, Campaign Against Canned Hunting (CACH) is at the forefront of efforts to expose the harm being done by an industry whose whole business model is to make egregious cruelty to helpless animals, routine.
Formed by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan for reasons related in their book Kalahari Dream, www.kalahari-dream.com CACH is an animal advocacy organisation.
What is animal advocacy? Essentially, it comprises raising awareness, using all media to expose the evils and the cruelty.
Canned hunting only exists because of a failure of government policy, and then it is ferociously defended by wealthy vested interests. Canned hunting can only be abolished by a sustained campaign to raise awareness, and to change policy. Then, an informed public must persuade US and EU governments to ban the import of lion/predator trophies.
Only that way can the supply of dollars be cut off, and the industry closed down.
All sources of income need to be challenged, especially cub petting, whereby lion farmers are able to externalise the costs of rearing their living targets.
Also the extortionate fees charged to volunteers, who pay to work at lion farms in the naïve belief that they are assisting conservation.
Formed by Chris Mercer and Bev Pervan for reasons related in their book Kalahari Dream, www.kalahari-dream.com CACH is an animal advocacy organisation.
What is animal advocacy? Essentially, it comprises raising awareness, using all media to expose the evils and the cruelty.
Canned hunting only exists because of a failure of government policy, and then it is ferociously defended by wealthy vested interests. Canned hunting can only be abolished by a sustained campaign to raise awareness, and to change policy. Then, an informed public must persuade US and EU governments to ban the import of lion/predator trophies.
Only that way can the supply of dollars be cut off, and the industry closed down.
All sources of income need to be challenged, especially cub petting, whereby lion farmers are able to externalise the costs of rearing their living targets.
Also the extortionate fees charged to volunteers, who pay to work at lion farms in the naïve belief that they are assisting conservation.