Heartbreaking.
Ms Rixon said she wanted to share the photo of the male mourning his mate to show kangaroos’ ability to feel pain and compassion.
A male kangaroo grieves over his mate, killed by a vehicle north of Yarra Glen on Wednesday, July 8. Picture: Pam RixonAn estimated 500 million animals were killed in Australia’s devastating bushfire season. Ecologists from the University of Sydney estimated around half a billion mammals, birds and reptiles may have been lost since September last year.
Harrowing scenes of kangaroos fleeing walls of fire, charred bodies of koalas and cockatoos falling dead out of trees horrified the world as our unprecedented bushfire season was broadcast globally. Koalas have been among the hardest hit of Australia’s native animals because they are slow moving and only eat leaves from the eucalyptus tree, which are filled with oil, making them highly flammable.For more fire updates:
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