What it's like working with wildlife rescued from Australia's deadly fires
Tracy Burgess has 15 possums living in her home, including one with paws so badly burned, she has to bandage them nightly.
She's a volunteer with Australia's Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services, which is working to help creatures caught in the country's deadly infernos.
Ecologists at the University of Sydney estimate 480 million animals have died in the fires in New South Wales since September. The wildfires have destroyed about five million hectares of land in Australia.
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I'm hearing stories from the [New South Wales] Rural Fire Service about hundreds of wallabies just seen in piles dead in the bush areas that have been burnt.
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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.5414075/what-it-s-like-working-with-wildlife-rescued-from-australia-s-deadly-fires-1.5414082
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the fires have gotten much worse since then, so that number is surely going to rise considerably.
It's heartbreaking for the wildlife. A report said even the ones that survive will not be able to find food...
