Pseudo-Africa?

The Covid-19 pandemic has clearly revealed the actual nature of private game reserves in South Africa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/south-african-game-reserves-forced-to-cull-animals-as-covid-halts-tourism). There are about 500 reserves mainly around KwaZulu-Natal, normally attracting thousands of fee-paying overseas visitors. Vistors come because they believe they are buying the opportunity to see something of pristine, unchanging Africa. The failure of the tourists (and their dollars) to arrive this year, has resulted in many reserves having insufficient money to pay to feed their animals. Clearly, they are more like safari parks than actual wilderness tracts. This has led to some reserves closing, many having to lay off staff (mainly local villagers) and others to sell or even shoot some of their animals.