Half a Billion Animals Potentially Killed in Australia Wildfires
- Mammals, reptiles, birds killed directly or from habitat loss
- 30% of koala population wiped out, environment minister says
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Close to half a billion animals in Australia’s New South Wales state may have been killed in wildfires since September -- and the number could climb.
Research, led by the University of Sydney’s Chris Dickman, said many of the estimated 480 million affected mammals, birds and reptiles would have been directly killed by the fires or indirectly through loss of habitat.