Australia Fires Animals Lost

Nearly half a billion animals in Australias New South Wales state have been killed by raging wildfires in the last couple months and the devastating death toll is expected to rise.

Australia fires animals lost. Australias continuing bushfire crisis has taken an enormous toll on wildlife with huge numbers of mammals birds reptiles insects and other species killed. A staggering 1 billion animals are now estimated dead in Australias fires The number of kangaroos koalas and others killed keeps skyrocketing. Nearly 3 billion animals killed or displaced by Australia fires.

Now the University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals including reptiles birds mammals have lost their lives to the wildfires since Sep 2019. Source 12 million acres of scorched land later it may shock you that Australias wildfire season hasnt even reached its peak yet. Several weeks ago Professor Dickman from the University of Sydneys Faculty of Science estimated that 480 million animals would be killed by the fires.

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Professor Chris Dickman has revised his estimate of the number of animals killed in bushfires in NSW to more than 800 million animals with a national impact of more than one billion animals. Koalas Phascolarctos cinereus had already lost 30 percent of their population living in the eastern state of New South Wales perhaps 8000 animals to fires in late 2019. So much was lost and the impacts will be felt for years to come.

Australia wildfires have destroyed nearly 800 homes in eight days and an expert estimates nearly a billion animals have died. 33 lives were lost and around 3094 homes destroyed. The breakdown is 143 million mammals 246 billion reptiles 180 million birds and 51 million frogs.

First published on Mon 27 Jul 2020 2200 EDT. As the fires raged well into March and. Koalas have lost more than 30 of their key habitat in New South Wales and may have lost a third of their population in that region federal environment minister Sussan Ley told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.