Nearly half a billion animals are feared dead in the wildfires burning across Australia, including a third of the koala population in their main habitat in the state of New South Wales
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The estimated death toll included up to 8,000 koalas, according to the federal environment minister Sussan Ley, who said in an ABC Radio interview Friday that up to 30 percent of the species in New South Wales may have been wiped out. The state’s mid-north coast is home to a significant portion of the nation’s koalas, with an estimated population of between 15,000 to 28,000.“We’ll know more when the fires have calmed down and a proper assessment can be made,” she said.
Story continuesLey said that other species, including the western ground parrot in Western Australia and Kangaroo Island dunnart , were also affected. The thermometer under the back verandah got to 48.9C today, not an official reading obviously, but it was enough to kill these sulphur crested cockatoos. I would like to hang them around Morrison’s neck, as well as a few of his mates. How good is wildlife dying of heat stress? pic.twitter.
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