The almost-global lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has hit the travel industry hard, with many businesses likely to go bust.
The absence of tourists and the lack of income they bring to rural African communitieis also puts the animals at risk, with fewer eyes to keep poachers at bay, and communities near the game reserves growing increasingly hungry from losing the income that tourism brings.
In this video discussion, I chat to Beks Ndlovu, the founder of African Bush Safaris, Obert Manyeza, head of the company's foundation that looks after local communities, and Mark Brightman, head of the anti-poaching unit at Bumi Hills near Lake Kariba, to hear what's happening in the wild.
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