Australia Fires 2019 Animals

Bushfires in Australia impacted one billion animals from September 2019 to January 2020 according to estimates by ecologist Professor Christopher Dickman from the University of Sydney.

Australia fires 2019 animals. A brush-tailed rock wallaby in the snow at the threatened native animal reserve Aussie Ark at Barrington Tops NSW in August 2019. Mammals reptiles birds and frogs died in the flames or from loss of habitat. Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in one of the worst wildlife disasters in.

A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever. 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. Nearly three billion animals mammals reptiles birds and frogs were killed or displaced by Australias devastating 2019-20 bushfires.

Source 12 million acres of scorched land later it may shock you that Australias wildfire season hasnt even reached its. Its been a year well never forget. 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.

Now the University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals including reptiles birds mammals have lost their lives to the wildfires since Sep 2019. Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating wildfires in 2019 and 2020 according to a new report. Its thought at least a billion animals died in the fires.

New WWF research reveals that the toll on wildlife was around three times higher than an earlier study estimated. The breakdown is 143 million mammals 246 billion reptiles 180 million birds and 51 million frogs. Even before the challenges of COVID-19 Australia was hit hard by bushfires during summer 2019-20 - the most catastrophic bushfire season ever experienced in the countrys history.

Kangaroo Island off the south of Australia was particularly badly hit with around half of the island affected by the flames. Uprooting families and claiming lives bushfires raged across Australia from June 2019 to February 2020. World Wide Fund for Nature Australia 2018.