how many animals have died in the australian bushfires 2019?
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Nearly half a billion animals are believed to be dead in the bushfires still spreading across Australia. Ecologists at the University of Sydney told News.com.au that an estimated 480 million mammals, birds, and reptiles have died in the bushfires, which have been burning across Australia since September.
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A "mega blaze" raging across a 60km (37 mile) front north-west of Sydney cannot currently be put out, Australian fire officials have warned. ... Since October, bushfires have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes across Australia.
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At least 33 people have died in bushfires in Australia since the summer season began in October. The death toll is highest in NSW, where 25 people have been confirmed dead since October. Victoria has had five confirmed deaths and South Australia three.
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The plane crash and the discovery Friday evening of a body in a burnt-out house in Moruya, on the NSW South Coast, took the death toll for Australia's bushfire season to 33, including eight firefighters. NSW, with 25 fatalaties, has been the worst-affected state.
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In a statement on the Australian bushfires published on 10 January 2020, the President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor John Shine, stated that 'the scale of these bushfires is unprecedented anywhere in the world'. ... However, these fires burned largely the grasslands of inland Australia.
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IFAW has deployed additional responders to provide emergency support to our Australia team already responding to the deadly bushfires in Australia. For the past three months, bushfires have ravaged across New South Wales and Queensland, forcing thousands to evacuate and decimating local wildlife populations.
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More than 1 billion mammals, birds and reptiles nationwide — some of them found nowhere else on Earth — may have been affected or killed by the fires sweeping across Australia, according to a University of Sydney estimate. The potential toll is far greater when other types of animals are included.
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Australia's devastating bushfire season comes to an end. ... March 31 marks the end of the 2019-20 bushfire season across southern and eastern Australia, bringing to an end the country's most devastating season on record.
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(CNN) The fires in Australia have been burning for months, consuming nearly 18 million acres of land, causing thousands to evacuate and killing potentially millions of animals. They're showing minimal signs of slowing down.
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Experts say the fires have likely killed millions of animals including koalas, wallabies, wombats and kangaroos.
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(CNN) The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected.
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Heaviest rain in 30 years puts out bushfires Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished. "For the first time since early July 2019, there is currently no active bush or grass fires in #NSW," tweeted New South Wales Rural Fire Service. "That's more than 240 days of fire activity for the state."
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Research published in a special edition of Nature Climate Change focused on the bushfire crisis finds that 21% of the total area covered by Australian forests – excluding Tasmania - has burnt so far in the 2019-20 bushfire season.
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Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected. ... Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished.
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Over 1 billion animals feared dead in Australian wildfires, experts say. The loss includes thousands of koalas, along with other species such as kangaroos and wallabies. This has the potential to hasten koalas' slide towards extinction in the wild in eastern Australia.