animal conservation, australian wildfires, fires, koalas

3 Billion Animals Impacted by Fires, Including 60,000 Koalas

Estimates that some 3 billion animals were killed or misplaced by the 2019-20 mega-fires in Australia have been confirmed — with a breakdown by animal type for the first time — in a conclusive Sydney-led report commissioned by WWF. More than 60,000 koalas were among the animals impacted by last summer’s wildfire crisis, according to ...

Troy Oakes

Australian landscape ravaged by a bushfire.