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How the black summer bushfires impacted our wildlife
Grace McKinnon
Source: WWF Australia
WWF Ecologist Dr Kita Ashman
Program Co-Investigator Dr Carolyn Hogg
As fires raged across the country one tweet from former US president Barack Obama prompted a flood of donations to animal rescue groups.
Local and national wildlife organisations worked around the clock to care for injured and displaced animals. 
Scientists have estimated 1.25 billion animals were killed during the fire season and a further three billion were impacted.
The footprint of the fire was massive, not like anything we’ve seen before in previous fire seasons.(It will) take a really long time to recover and come back online as a habitat for animals.
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Ecologist Dr Kita Ashman
CSIRO analysis of Australian fire trends found the Black Summer fires are a "clear trend of worsening fire weather and ever-larger forest areas burned by fires". 
The study found three out of four extreme fires since records began have all occurred in the past 20 years.
Source: WWF Australia
WWF have launched the Regenerate Australia campaign. It aims to rehabilitate wildlife and habitats and protect against future climate disasters. 

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