Australian Wildfires Believed to Have
Affected Almost 500 Million Animals.
Since September 2019, uncontrollable fires
have ravaged Australia, displacing both humans
and animals in New South Wales and Victoria.
An estimated 12.35 million acres
of land have burned so far.
According to professors at the University of Sydney,
approximately half a billion animals have been
affected by the fires in New South Wales alone. .
This means that a range of wildlife
such as reptiles, mammals and birds,
have been killed, injured or forced to flee.
Some things are going to be mobile -
birds will fly away and come back …
Some reptiles, like lizards, would
perhaps go underground, Professor Chris Dickman, via 7News.
Koalas have been especially devastated by
the fires, as more than one-third of the population
in New South Wales is believed to have perished. .
The resulting lack of resources in “severely burned areas”
is also predicted to further the reduction of animals. .
Prior research indicates that in severely
burned areas, the resulting lack of shelter,
lack of food, and incursions by invasive
predators lead to further drastic but
indirect reductions of animal numbers. , Professor Chris Dickman, via 7News