”Chris Prins was born in the Ceres district in 1927. His parents lived on the farm Boontjiesrivier in the Wolseley district. After he completed his schooling, he went farming and in 1966 decided to join the Potato Cooperation at Prince Alfred’s Hamlet. He began work as a Problem Animal Control Officer for the Ceres South Problem Animal Club in 1967. Through the amalgamation of various hunting clubs and divisional councils the Breede River Regional Services Council was established in 1989. During this period he worked as Problem Animal Control Officer and as honorary nature conservator until his retirement in 1994.

Chris Prins has left a diverse collection of animal and fossil material that he used as educational aids during his term of office. He was well known in the Ceres district for his knowledge of the veld, plants and animals. He made a particularly important contribution with regard to education concerning “problem animals” – known to the people as “vermin”. This group includes leopards, black-backed jackal, lynx and black eagles. He had a good knowledge of the hunting habits of animals and often pointed out that stray dogs were the culprits in the case of cattle losses, rather than wild animals.”