Australia Fires Animals Affected

SYDNEY Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias unprecedented 2019-20 bush fires in one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history according to a report.

Australia fires animals affected. Its almost three times an earlier estimate released in January. Fires have burned an estimated 255 million acres since September according to Reuters. A shocking new report compiled by 10 scientists and commissioned by WWF-Australia has found that the countrys devastating bushfires in 2019 and 2020 killed or displaced nearly three.

The planet has had its fair share of wildfires in recent years that it is impossible to keep. Koalas western ground parrots cockatoos and dunnarts are a few animals heavily affected by the bushfires. Concerningly these estimates do not include other.

Since the blazes began in New South Wales in September its been estimated that nearly half a billion animals have been killed or threatened. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here. When the fires were still blazing the WWF estimated the number of affected animals at 125 billion.

Fire destroys the banksia plants that these bees use for nesting. The bushfires raging in Australia have taken a massive toll on animals more than a billion of them are thought to have died so far in what is only the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Uprooting families and claiming lives bushfires raged across Australia from June 2019 to February 2020.

And as the fires continue to spread so has the damage to Australias native animals and their homes. The WWF-Australia report says the fires affected as many as 14736 koalas in the state. The only remaining population of this species in South Australia is found on Kangaroo Island and is at particular risk from wildfires.

Last month Australia pledged A50m 26m. Koalas are another of Australias most popular and well-known animals. As wildfires rage animals across Australia are fighting for their lives.