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Australia Skies Turn Red As Bushfire Kill Half A Billion Animals

The bushfire threatens to wipe out entire species of animals.
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04 Jan 2020, 04:00 PM

Main image via The New York Times

The wildfires in southeast Australia have been going on since September and it’s not stopping anytime soon, with temperatures rising and heatwaves that are killing and hurting the animals.

The bushfires have killed nearly half a billion animals in New South Wales, Australia and the death toll are expected to rise.

australia skies turn red as bushfire kill half a billion animals

According to ecologists from the University of Sydney, an estimated 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have suffered from the wildfires, with koalas’ population especially devastated by the fires.

“Up to 30% of the koalas in the region may have been killed, because up to 30 percent of their habitat has been destroyed,” said the Australia’s Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

australia skies turn red as bushfire kill half a billion animals

The skies on the east coast of Australia turned the skies into a blood-red apocalyptic scene, with the fires destroying homes in Mallacoota.

Some residents also evacuated to the beach in Batemans Bay and a father and son reportedly died trying to protect their family home in Cobargo.

A fire tornado that was formed from turbulence by the extreme rising heat killed a volunteer firefighter, the third volunteer firefighter to die in the fire.

australia skies turn red as bushfire kill half a billion animals

The Australian government have requested firefighting help from Canada and the United States and military aircraft, and naval vessels were authorized to deploy to help with the crisis.

australia skies turn red as bushfire kill half a billion animals

Family of the late Steve Irwin have treated over 90,000 animals at the Australia Zoo and singer P!nk also donated half a million dollars to the Australian bushfire fund to help the frontline firefighters.

We hope Australia will receive the help needed to go through the crisis and pray for Australia and all the lives in danger.

australia skies turn red as bushfire kill half a billion animals

Info via The New York Times

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