Australia Fires Animals Dead
More than 1 billion animals are believed to have been killed in wildfires that have ravaged Australia since September University of Sydney professor Chris Dickman told the Huffington Post in an update from his previous estimate of 480 million last week.
Australia fires animals dead. Last week an ecologist at the University of Sydney estimated that nearly half a billion animals had been wiped out since Australias devastating wildfires started spreading in. Authorities estimate that up to 480 million animal lives have already been lost since the fires began 4 months ago. Australias worst wildfires in recorded history.
Chris Dickman an ecologist at the University of Sydney told HuffPost that last weeks estimation that 480 million mammals birds and reptiles were feared dead was a conservative estimation and exclusive to the state of New South Wales. Nearly three billion animals mammals reptiles birds and frogs were killed or displaced by Australias devastating 2019-20 bushfires. A staggering 1 billion animals are now estimated dead in Australias fires The number of kangaroos koalas and others killed keeps skyrocketing.
Its almost three times an earlier estimate released in January. According to Today over 1 billion animals are feared dead due to Australias raging wildfires which have been burning through the country since September of last year. This happened for almost 100 feral horses that died.
As bushfires continue to ravage the country Australias Defence Force is in a rush against time to bury dead livestock and wild animals killed by the flames. In South Australia thousands of koalas are feared dead after a wild blaze devastated Kangaroo Island. Horrifying images show burned koalas.
The breakdown is 143 million mammals 246 billion reptiles 180 million birds and 51 million frogs. Since the fires devastating Australia began over a billion wild animals have died horrifically. There is a widely-reported estimate that almost half a billion 480 million animals have been killed by the bush fires in Australia.
Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating bushfire season. In Australia carcasses are often dealt with by not dealing with them. The fires killed or displaced nearly 3 billion animals.