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In response to the material in the WWF stated that many of the statements of the publication “does not match” their “understanding of events”, and promised to organize an independent investigation under the guidance of experts on human rights.
WWF calls the Rangers “one of the first and last forces to protect the earth” / photo, Unhandle the fight against poaching, the world wildlife Fund (WWF) is funding the special military forces in Africa and Asia.
The soldiers backed Fund, beaten, shot and raped local residents suspected of poaching, said the investigation of BuzzFeed, reports Rain.
BuzzFeed journalists during the year studied the work of WWF in Nepal, Cameroon, Central African Republic and India. They managed to take over 100 interviews and thousands of pages of classified documents they claim prove the involvement of the WWF to support the military.
As writes the edition, in the summer of 2006 the inhabitant of Nepal Sharama suspected that he helped his son bury the horn of a rhinoceros in the backyard. According to an investigation by BuzzFeed, the Rangers, supported by WWF, within two days the man was tortured in prison Chitwan national Park. According to the wife of the victim, he was beaten and poured into the nose and mouth salt water. Ten days later Sigaram died. On the body found bruises and abrasions, as well as seven broken ribs. Seven witnesses testified that the guards beat him with bamboo sticks and feet.
After the incident, the Park issued a statement saying that the man fainted, sitting on the bench. But in the end three of the Park staff, including the chief caretaker, accused of murder and arrested.
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Amid the scandal, WWF has supported the Park representatives who insisted that the death Saarema was natural, writes BuzzFeed. In addition, the staff of the Foundation together with the government of Nepal has asked local activists to convince the family Siharam to drop the charges, what the publication said themselves public figures. In March 2007, the case against the accused in the murder recalled on the initiative of the government of Nepal. A year later one of the participants in torture Sharama admitted in his memoirs that the protection of the national Park regularly beaten by people suspected of poaching.
The staff of the national Park of Nepal has received this freedom of action shortly after in 1967, the WWF activists first arrived in Chitwan, said the investigation. Six years later, there was established a national Park for the conservation of one-horned rhinos, Royal Bengal tigers and crocodiles garisch. Tens of thousands of indigenous people were resettled outside the Park to vacate the area. In the 1990’s, the WWF has created in Nepal, a special “Ranger” units of Rangers. The Fund has provided them with salary, equipment, and promised a reward for useful information.
Residents of Chitwan have repeatedly complained about abuse of power on the part of the Rangers. They told of beatings, torture, sexual violence, killings, and forced unpaid work on the part of Park security. Sharama murder was not an isolated incident, but “part of strategy”, WWF to combat poaching, writes BuzzFeed. Foundation staff allegedly funding and arming the Rangers, despite evidence of their involvement in the violence and murder of dozens of people. In 2017, for example, in Cameroon, the national Park guards tortured 11-year-old boy in front of his parents, told the publication the family of the child.
Cameroonians living near the national Park of Lobeke in the South-East of the country, told BuzzFeed about the break-ins, torture, burns and burned the homes because of suspicions of poaching. Documents Park, came to the newspaper, argue that the WWF staff worked closely there with government troops. Despite the fact that the staff of the local offices of the Fund should report any possible cases of cruelty in the headquarters in Switzerland, they are, as stated in the investigation, coordinate the operations of the Rangers and turn a blind eye to their actions.
Two former WWF employees anonymously said that during the escalation of the civil war in the Central African Republic charity organisation bought food and fuel for the military involved in the fight against poaching. According to one of the former activists of the WWF, he personally taught the Rangers how to handle AK-47 and conduct a defensive battle.
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In 2017, “bi-Bi-si” has informed that in the Kaziranga National Park and killed several dozen people, including civilians. This has caused an international outcry, but almost nothing was said about the role of WWF in the operation of the Park. The internal documents, writes BuzzFeed, indicate that the Fund has for many years supplied the Indian armed forces jeeps, batons, helmets, and night vision binoculars for patrol. Last year near the reserve Pench Tiger has discovered a body battered to death men who were collecting firewood. After that detained eight soldiers, one of whom admitted that the man was killed, and his body burned to destroy evidence.
In their advertising from WWF calls the Rangers “one of the first and last forces to protect the planet” from crimes against wildlife, according to the material. The Foundation also, for example, sells baby dolls “forest ranger”.
In response to the material in BuzzFeed WWF said that many of the statements of the publication “does not match” their “understanding of events”. The organization has promised to organize an independent investigation under the guidance of experts on human rights.