Twenty orphaned kangaroo joeys took refuge in a living room as Grampians fires came close. The animals, hand-reared by a wildlife shelter operator, were fortunate as the wind shifted, sparing them from the flames. Experts warn of catastrophic impacts on wildlife from the fires, including loss of life, burns, and starvation.
As the Grampians fires approached, 20 kangaroo joeys took shelter in a living room. Experts say others aren’t so luckyThe animals gathered inside – standing alert from the noise of the sprinklers – are all hand-reared by her after being orphaned through car accidents, fence hangings and shootings.Wildwood Wildlife Shelter
The problem with climate change was “having one big fire after another over very short periods of time”. Species don’t have enough time to recover, he says, with some showing marked declines. Kelly O’Shanassy, the chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation, says a combination of land clearing and climate change had placed Australia’s “incredibly precious” species at major risk.
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