Australia Fires 2019 Animals. Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, according to scientists who have revealed for the first time the scale of the. Red dots show locations of fires detected in australia the week ending nov.
The animals, already threatened as a species before these latest blazes ravaged a crucial habitat, are being treated in rescue centers, and at least one private home, along the country’s east coast. The wildlife toll, but the three billion figure is not likely to change, according to a wwf statement. And as a result, its flames threaten the livelihood of humans and animals across the continent.
South australia, after being rescued from fires in a garden.
The brown area shows the range of the koala (phascolarctos cinereus). Nearly 3 billion animals killed or displaced by australia fires. The world wildlife fund in australia estimates that as many as 1.25 billion animals may have been killed directly or indirectly from fires that have scorched australia. Rick rycroft/associated press the devastating fires that surged across australia in 2019 and 2020 scorched millions of acres of habitat and left billions of animals dead, injured or displaced.