Australian Wildfires Believed to Have<br />Affected Almost 500 Million Animals.<br />Since September 2019, uncontrollable fires<br />have ravaged Australia, displacing both humans<br />and animals in New South Wales and Victoria.<br />An estimated 12.35 million acres<br />of land have burned so far.<br />According to professors at the University of Sydney, <br />approximately half a billion animals have been <br />affected by the fires in New South Wales alone. .<br />This means that a range of wildlife<br />such as reptiles, mammals and birds,<br />have been killed, injured or forced to flee.<br />Some things are going to be mobile -<br />birds will fly away and come back …<br />Some reptiles, like lizards, would<br />perhaps go underground, Professor Chris Dickman, via 7News.<br />Koalas have been especially devastated by<br />the fires, as more than one-third of the population <br />in New South Wales is believed to have perished. .<br />The resulting lack of resources in “severely burned areas”<br />is also predicted to further the reduction of animals. .<br />Prior research indicates that in severely<br />burned areas, the resulting lack of shelter,<br />lack of food, and incursions by invasive<br />predators lead to further drastic but<br />indirect reductions of animal numbers. , Professor Chris Dickman, via 7News
