About 3 Billion Animals Harmed in Australian Bushfires, Study Says

Reuters

Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature reported on Tuesday. That’s triple the group’s earlier estimates. “This ranks as one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history,” said WWF-Australia Chief Executive Officer Dermot O’Gorman in a statement.

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