Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires. It’s almost three times an earlier estimate released in January. The breakdown is 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51 million frogs.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/australia%E2%80%99s-2019-2020-bushfires-wildlife-toll
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Australias2019-2020Bushfires-The-Wildlife-Toll.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/wwf
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife