Klein-Aus Vista, a farm on the edge of the Namib Desert. Here, on the southern part of the farm, the views stretch to the horizon and you’re bound to see some game. (Photo: Gallo Images / GO! / Barnie Louw)  Less

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-11-south-african-game-farming-industry-on-the-brink-of-collapse/

South Africa’s experiment in ‘wildlife privatisation’ is under threat from the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it. The once-thriving game-farming industry is in serious trouble because its main sources of revenue — hunting, game viewing and sales — have been under lockdown. It is an economic meltdown that could also create an animal welfare crisis.

Commercial farmers in South Africa have for the most part been able to get on with their business under the pandemic-triggered lockdowns — feeding the nation is clearly an essential service.

But one sub-sector of South African agriculture has seen almost all of its revenue…