The family of the late Steve Irwin has helped rescue 90,000 animals including those falling victim to the ongoing wildfire devastation in Australia.
The death toll jumped to at least 18 as the fire spreads to areas as large as Connecticut and New Jersey combined.The family of the late Steve Irwin has helped rescue 90,000 animals including those falling victim to the ongoingTerri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, and their children, daughter Bindi and son Robert Irwin, own and operate the Australia Zoo’s Wildlife Hospital. Steve Irwin died in 2006 after being injured by a stingray.
"'Ollie' the orphaned platypus is receiving round the clock care until he can be released back to the wild," Robert Irwin posted on Instagram, adding,"With pressures from drought to bushfires, wildlife need our help now more than ever." The raging fires, which have burned over 12.35 million acres of land -- about twice the size of Vermont -- is believed to have killed nearly 500 million animals since the start of Australia's bush fire season in September, according to estimates from ecologists at the University of Sydney. That figure only includes mammals and does not include insects, bats or frogs, according to a."The true loss of animal life is likely to be much higher than 480 million," the statement reads.
Up to 30% of the koala population in New South Wales' mid-north coast may have been killed, Australia's minister for the environment, Sussan Ley,Robert Irwin, Terri Irwin and Bindi Irwin visit the SiriusXM studios, Oct. 1, 2019, in New York.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty ImagesSteve Price normally fights fires in the U.S. but for the past month he’s been in Australia."It’s the biggest fire I’ve ever been on in my life, and I’ve been doing it thirty years now." he told ABC News.
Price, who hails from Idaho, is part of the air operations rescue in Australia. He is one of dozens of U.S. firefighters who have volunteered to come to Australia.
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