Australia Fires 2019 Animals

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating wildfires in 2019 and 2020 according to a new report.

Australia fires 2019 animals. 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 billion. Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating bushfires -- almost triple the figure estimated in January -- according to. Mega blazes swept across every Australian state last summer scorching bush and killing at least 33 people.

Its thought at least a billion animals died in the fires. Join us on the front line as we save wildlife restore what was lost and protect and future-proof Australia. More than one billion animals impacted in Australian bushfires - The University of Sydney.

Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating bushfire season of 2019. Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since. A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever.

Now the University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals including reptiles birds mammals have lost their lives to the wildfires since Sep 2019. A brush-tailed rock wallaby in the snow at the threatened native animal reserve Aussie Ark at Barrington Tops NSW in August 2019. The fires created unprecedented damage destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals.

Mammals reptiles birds and frogs died in the flames or from loss of habitat. Prior to the 2020 fire season The World Wide Fund for Nature WWF predicted Australias koala population to decline by 21 per cent every decade leading to possible koala extinction in New South Wales NSW and Queensland by 2050. Kangaroo Island off the south of Australia was particularly badly hit with around half of the island affected by the flames.

World Wide Fund for Nature Australia 2018. Nearly three billion animals mammals reptiles birds and frogs were killed or displaced by Australias devastating 2019-20 bushfires. Uprooting families and claiming lives bushfires raged across Australia from June 2019 to February 2020.