Kelly McLaughlin
Jan 7, 2020, 11:07 AM
The number of animals feared dead in Australia's devastating bushfires has soared from 500,000 to more than 1 billion.
Chris Dickman, an ecologist at the University of Sydney, told HuffPost that last week's estimation that 480 million mammals, birds, and reptiles were feared dead was a conservative estimation and exclusive to the state of New South Wales.
He said as of now, 800 million animals were feared in New South Wales alone. Dickman said researchers don't have population data for multiple animals, including bats, frogs, and invertebrates, which makes it difficult to know how many have died.
Outside New South Wales, Dickman says, millions of others have likely died.
"Over a billion would be a very conservative figure," he told HuffPost.
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https://news.yahoo.com/heartbreaking-photos-show-animals-impacted-122857758.html
Heartbreaking photos show animals impacted by Australia's bushfires
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Tao Shelan/China News Service/VCG via Getty ImagesWIRES volunteer and carer Tracy Dodd holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads after it was rescued from bushfires in the Blue Mountains on December 30.
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Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Burgess holds a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from fires near Australia's Blue Mountains on December 29.
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