Face to Watch

Drained by four years in bankingand venture capital, Kelcey Grimm '96 planned a year of travel through Africa. But a stopoverto work at the lion-breeding project at the Camorhi Game Farm inSouth Africa's Free State prompted Grimm to champion the king ofthe beasts. "On the outside,Camorhi seemed very nice,"Grimm says. "But the reality wasthat the breeding project wasraising lions for the canned hunting industry." After watching lionsshe had raised being drugged,caged and shipped to hunt clubs,Grimm in 2001 started theEnkosini Wildlife Sanctuary, aproject to reintroduce captivebred, abused and orphaned lionsto their natural habitat. At theMpumalanga, South Africa-basedEnkosini (a Zulu word meaning"place of kings"), Grimm runs thebusiness side of the non-profit,petitioning various governmentsto stop the hunting of lions andraising funds to enhance the conservation efforts at the 12,500 acre compound. She says thebest part of her day is given overto feeding, playing and caring fortheir 15 lions, most orphaned bythe trophy-hunting industry. Fordetails on the sanctuary go towww.enkosini.com