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%Begin Celebrity Explorer Ben Fogle Has Suspended His Role As WWF Ambassador Following A BuzzFeed News InvestigationSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 4 Mar 2019 Celebrity Explorer Ben Fogle Has Suspended His Role As WWF Ambassador Following A BuzzFeed News Investigation “In light of the very serious human rights allegations made against WWF I have suspended my ambassadorial role with immediate effect.”by by Tom WarrenInvestigations Correspondent, by Katie J.M. BakerBuzzFeed News Investigative Reporter FacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images Celebrity explorer Ben Fogle has suspended his role as an ambassador for World Wide Fund for Nature following BuzzFeed News' revelations that the charity has supported forces implicated in committing human rights abuses across Africa and Asia.
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%Begin Celebrity Explorer Ben Fogle Has Suspended His Role As WWF Ambassador Following A BuzzFeed News InvestigationSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 4 Mar 2019 Celebrity Explorer Ben Fogle Has Suspended His Role As WWF Ambassador Following A BuzzFeed News Investigation “In light of the very serious human rights allegations made against WWF I have suspended my ambassadorial role with immediate effect.”by by Tom WarrenInvestigations Correspondent, by Katie J.M. BakerBuzzFeed News Investigative Reporter FacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images Celebrity explorer Ben Fogle has suspended his role as an ambassador for World Wide Fund for Nature following BuzzFeed News' revelations that the charity has supported forces implicated in committing human rights abuses across Africa and Asia.
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Ben Fogle @Benfogle In light of the very serious human rights allegations made against WWF I have suspended my ambassadorial role with immediate effect. 06:37 PM - 04 Mar 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite Fogle is a well-known television personality in the UK, famed for his expeditions to far-flung locales including the Arctic Circle and Mount Everest. The adventurer, who once rowed across the Atlantic, is a celebrity supporter of a number of charities.
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Ben Fogle @Benfogle In light of the very serious human rights allegations made against WWF I have suspended my ambassadorial role with immediate effect. 06:37 PM - 04 Mar 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite Fogle is a well-known television personality in the UK, famed for his expeditions to far-flung locales including the Arctic Circle and Mount Everest. The adventurer, who once rowed across the Atlantic, is a celebrity supporter of a number of charities.
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Fogle sits on WWF UK’s council of ambassadors, a “distinguished and influential group of senior volunteers” which includes other high-profile figures, such as famed naturalist David Attenborough, as well as members of the House of Lords. As ambassador, Fogle promoted WWF and its work, and he once cycled 100 kilometres through the night to raise funds for the charity.
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Fogle sits on WWF UK’s council of ambassadors, a “distinguished and influential group of senior volunteers” which includes other high-profile figures, such as famed naturalist David Attenborough, as well as members of the House of Lords. As ambassador, Fogle promoted WWF and its work, and he once cycled 100 kilometres through the night to raise funds for the charity.
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Monday’s BuzzFeed News 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.
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Monday’s BuzzFeed News 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.
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“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.
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“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.
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He said that he had “worked with some anti-poaching units” and had “certainly never seen nor heard anything like this”. Ben Fogle @Benfogle I am monitoring the very serious allegation made by @BuzzFeedNews against WWF closely. I have worked with some anti poaching units and locals in several African countries and have certainly never seen nor heard anything like this.
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He said that he had “worked with some anti-poaching units” and had “certainly never seen nor heard anything like this”. Ben Fogle @Benfogle I am monitoring the very serious allegation made by @BuzzFeedNews against WWF closely. I have worked with some anti poaching units and locals in several African countries and have certainly never seen nor heard anything like this.
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05:23 PM - 04 Mar 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite One hour later, Fogle announced he was suspending his role. His publicist declined to comment further.The revelations by BuzzFeed News have sparked an outcry, with leading politicians from both sides of the House of Commons calling on ministers to investigate whether the charity has funnelled public money to violent anti-poaching forces implicated in human rights abuses. Reached before publication, a spokesperson for Attenborough declined to comment on the story.
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05:23 PM - 04 Mar 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite One hour later, Fogle announced he was suspending his role. His publicist declined to comment further.The revelations by BuzzFeed News have sparked an outcry, with leading politicians from both sides of the House of Commons calling on ministers to investigate whether the charity has funnelled public money to violent anti-poaching forces implicated in human rights abuses. Reached before publication, a spokesperson for Attenborough declined to comment on the story.
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