Botswana's government has presented to the ongoing CITES CoP-19 in Panama a detailed document on the country's efforts to contain rhino poaching which increased at least 100 fold between 2018 and 2020. The country recorded two rhino poaching incidents in the five years between 2012 and 2017 with zero incidents reported in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017. In complete contrast, at least 138 rhinos were poached in the following five years between 2018 to date. The sudden spike in rhino poaching has been largely attributed to the government’s decision to disarm the anti-poaching rangers in early 2018.