The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in NSW has treated dozens of koalas, some of whom were rescued by humans, and plans to send some of the donated supplies to other NSW veterinarians who have to treat burned wildlife.

If those species were included in the calculations, Dickman said, the loss of more than a billion animals would be 'a very conservative figure.' Stuart Blanch, an environmental scientist at the World Wildlife Fund Australia, confirmed Dickman's estimate to the Huffington Post.Īmong those animals at risk of perishing in the flames are Australia's icons, such as the kangaroo and koala. Guess these animals - one for every letter of the alphabet (except X). However, he told the Huffington Post on Tuesday that the figure was 'out of date.' With new fires developing in New South Wales, a state in eastern Australia, the original 480 million estimate has been bumped up to over 800 million and still excluded bats, frogs and invertebrates, he said. Based on the pictures, name these 15 different types of fish. The wildfires, fueled by drought-stricken vegetation acting as timber, have killed more than 20 people and could claim the lives of a billion animals, potentially wiping out entire species of plants and animals.Ĭhris Dickman, an ecologist at the University of Sydney, originally estimated 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles could be impacted by the fires. Because of that, it offers a great deal of diversity. FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. On Tuesday, Australian firefighters continued battling wildfires across the country that have been raging since September. Australia is a large continent, of approximatively the same size as the US. Photos from Australia's wildfires show the damage the flames have caused to humans and animals, devastation that could continue for months without the help of multiple heavy rainstorms.

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