Poachers in Africa are encroaching on wildlife and killing rhinos in travel hotspots now devoid of visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism revenue for some of Africa’s wildlife reserves and national parks has declined sharply as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Conservationist group the World Wildlife Fund has warned of a sharp rise in illegal bushmeat hunting and surge in organised poaching of black and white rhinos and elephants, threatening endangered species whose numbers have declined dramatically over the past years. Meanwhile, recent data shows that black rhino populations have fallen by 97.6 per cent since 1960 and lion number have gone down 43 per cent in the last two decades. Additionally, at least 35,000 African elephants are killed by poachers every year.