WEF did not promote marriage with animals

Hyderabad: Social media users are sharing a tweet claiming that WEF is promoting marriage with animals.

The post also claimed that Spain has already legalized marriage.

We all know that it is illegal and punishable to perform any sexual activity with animals in many countries.

Fact check

NewsMeter found the claim to be false.

To find out the truth, we performed multiple keyword searches on the web. However, wet could not find any credible media report.

Moreover, we found Spain has come up with an animal abuse prevention bill.

The link that is attached to the tweet is by NewsPunch which is the rebrand of Your News Wire. Poynter describes 'Your News Wire’ as one of the fake news peddlers in the world.

Rubbishing the claim, World Economic Forum spokesperson Yann Zopf said: “This is a fake story that aims to discredit the important work that the World Economic Forum does on serious global challenges. World Economic Forum never made such claims and has no authority and also no intention to give orders to governments and other institutions or individuals.”