Rhino poaching in South Africa has decreased by almost 53% in the first six months of 2020, which continued a dramatic downward trend over the last five years. “After a decade of implementing various strategies… efforts are paying off,” said the Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ms. Barbara Creecy this week. “We have been able to arrest the escalation of rhino losses.” The Minister said the nationwide Covid-19-associated law enforcement measures to restrict movement have powered the ongoing decline in rhino poaching compared to the same period last year, calling it "striking." An astonishing reprieve was celebrated in the Kruger National Park where, during April, no rhinos were killed in the Intensive Protection Zone for the first time in almost ten years.