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Coronavirus Economic Fallout Batters Zimbabwe Bird Sanctuary

Associated Press

   HARARE, ZIMABABWE - A fish eagle swoops over the water to grab a fish
   in its talons and then flies to its nest.

   Nearby are a martial eagle, a black eagle, an Egyptian vulture and
   hundreds of other birds. With an estimated 400 species of birds on an
   idyllic spot on Zimbabwe's Lake Chivero, about 40 kilometers south of
   Harare, the Kuimba Shiri bird sanctuary has been drawing tourists for
   more than 15 years.

   The southern African country's only bird park has survived tumultuous
   times, including violent land invasions and a devastating economic
   collapse but the outbreak of coronavirus is proving a stern test.

   "I thought I had survived the worst, but this coronavirus is something
   else," said owner Gary Strafford. "One-third of our visitors are from
   China. They stopped coming in February ... and when we were shut down
   in March, that was just unbelievable."

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