“In light of the very serious human rights allegations made against WWF I have suspended my ambassadorial role with immediate effect.”
investigation
found that WWF funds, equips, and works directly with paramilitary forces that have been accused of beating, torturing, sexually assaulting, and murdering scores of people. In response, WWF has launched an “independent review” led by human rights specialists into the evidence uncovered by BuzzFeed News. “We see it as our urgent responsibility to get to the bottom of the allegations BuzzFeed has made, and we recognize the importance of such scrutiny,” the charity said in a statement.
Fogle first tweeted that he was “monitoring the very serious allegation” made by BuzzFeed News. He said that he had “worked with some anti-poaching units” and had “certainly never seen nor heard anything like this”.
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