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

World Animal Foundation

OpenLife Nigeria reports that World Animal Foundation, WAF, an organization dedicated to promoting animal welfare through education, advocacy, and awareness as well as striving for a world where animals are treated with kindness, compassion, and respect, has faulted OpenLife’s statistics on endangered Rhinos in the world.

In an article published on May 27, 2020  and  titled “SAP and ERP innovate to protect Africa’s endangered Elephants and Rhinos,” the magazine stated that “There are an estimated 30,000 Rhinos remaining in the world today, 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.”

Reacting  and writing through Kathy A. Miller, an Assistant Outreach Manager, World Animal Foundation, the organization stated that the statistics provided by OpenLife in the article are incorrect, maintaining that:

“As one of the leading organizations in advocacy, it’s the World Animal Foundation’s utmost duty to ensure such statistics are current, not just on our platform but also on other relevant platforms.”

The clarification is reproduced below unedited:

Hello there,

I noticed that your article references an outdated stat. You mentioned that there are “30,000” rhinos left in the world.

Based on our most recent data, these figures have been updated, and According to the latest research and data, The Whole World is Just Left with 27,431 Rhinos.

As one of the leading organizations in advocacy, It’s the World Animal Foundation’s utmost duty to ensure such statistics are current, not just on our platform but also on other relevant platforms.

Having recently revised our article with the newest statistics, 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.

For your reference and to verify the new statistics, please visit our page:

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/poaching-statistics/

To provide your audience with direct access to the latest data, we’d be grateful if you could link to our article when making the update.

Thank you for your attention to this.
Best Regards.

Kathy A. Miller,
Asst. Outreach Manager
World Animal Foundation