World Animal Foundation, WAF, Faults OpenLife’s Statistics On Endangered Rhinos, Offers Clarifications

<h4>World Animal Foundation<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that World Animal Foundation&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;worldanimalfoundation&period;org&sol;">WAF&comma;<&sol;a> an organization dedicated to promoting animal welfare through education&comma; advocacy&comma; and awareness as well as striving for a world where animals are treated with kindness&comma; compassion&comma; and respect&comma; has faulted OpenLife’s statistics on endangered Rhinos in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;sap-and-erp-innovate-to-protect-africas-endangered-elephants-and-rhinos&sol;">article<&sol;a> published on May 27&comma; 2020  and  titled <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;SAP and ERP innovate to protect Africa’s endangered Elephants and Rhinos&comma;”<&sol;strong> the magazine stated that <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are an estimated 30&comma;000 Rhinos remaining in the world today&comma; a significant decrease – largely due to poaching and habitat destruction – from the half million that roamed Africa and Asia at the start of the 20th century&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting  and writing through Kathy A&period; Miller&comma; an Assistant Outreach Manager&comma; World Animal Foundation&comma; the organization stated that the statistics provided by OpenLife in the article are incorrect&comma; maintaining that&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As one of the leading organizations in advocacy&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s the World Animal Foundation&&num;8217&semi;s utmost duty to ensure such statistics are current&comma; not just on our platform but also on other relevant platforms&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clarification is reproduced below unedited&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Hello there&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I noticed that your article references an outdated stat&period; You mentioned that there are &&num;8220&semi;30&comma;000&&num;8221&semi; rhinos left in the world&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Based on our most recent data&comma; these figures have been updated&comma; and According to the latest research and data&comma; The Whole World is Just Left with 27&comma;431 Rhinos&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>As one of the leading organizations in advocacy&comma; It&&num;8217&semi;s the World Animal Foundation&&num;8217&semi;s utmost duty to ensure such statistics are current&comma; not just on our platform but also on other relevant platforms&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Having recently revised our article with the newest statistics&comma; I wanted to share this so you might consider a similar update or if you are considering to write on this topic in the near future&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>For your reference and to verify the new statistics&comma; please visit our page&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;worldanimalfoundation&period;org&sol;"><em><strong> https&colon;&sol;&sol;worldanimalfoundation&period;org&sol;advocate&sol;poaching-statistics&sol;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>To provide your audience with direct access to the latest data&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;d be grateful if you could link to our article when making the update&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Thank you for your attention to this&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Best Regards&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Kathy A&period; Miller&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Asst&period; Outreach Manager<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>World Animal Foundation<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;