The environmental affairs department says the lockdown has resulted in a significant drop in rhino poaching.
ince the lockdown was put into place in March, fewer rhinos have been poached countrywide, resulting in tThe department's spokesperson, Albi Modise, told TimesLIVE that theremoved the key routes that poachers used to supply horn to transit and consumer countries."The lockdown suffocated the market,” said Modise.
South Africa's national parks are closed to tourists during the lockdown. Creecy said this has an impact on poaching as poachers are now unable to use"drive-in and drop-off" tactics to poach rhinos for their horns.
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