Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's devastating bushfires, a report found. The figure includes an estimated 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds and 51 million frogs.
The figure includes an estimated 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51 million frogs, a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature found.The number of reptiles is significantly higher than the others because there are generally more of them per hectare than mammals or birds."The interim findings are shocking.
Project leader Lily Van Eeden, also from the University of Sydney, said the new report looks into the effects of the fires over 11.46 million hectares ."We believe a continent-wide assessment of the number of animals that might be impacted has never been done in Australia before or anywhere else in the world," said Van Eeden in a statement."Other nations can build upon this research to improve understanding of bushfire impacts everywhere.
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