Volunteers from around the world knit protective pouches and blankets for native wildlife made homeless by Australian wildfires
A cat sits in a makeshift joey pouch crafted for animals affected by Australia bushfires, seen in this January 6, 2020 image obtained via social media, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Donations to the volunteer-run group have come in from as far afield as the United States, Britain, Hong Kong, France and Germany. Some experts estimates put the number of animals, including domestic pets and livestock, killed as high as half a billion, with potentially hundreds of thousands of injured and displaced native wildlife.
Originally formed a few months ago to make dog and cat beds and coats for animal pounds, the guild's Facebook page has 75,000 members. Many of the crafters have crocheted, knitted and sewed a range of items including koala mittens for burned paws and pouches for infant "joey" kangaroos who have lost their mothers.
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