#AustraliaFires
TEN CHARITIES TO HELP SAVE ANIMALS AT RISK DURING AUSTRALIA’S RAGING FIRES
The devastation of the bushfires in Australia cannot be overestimated.
The impact on animals is especially alarming as many are already reaching endangered status.
TEN CHARITIES TO HELP SAVE ANIMALS AT RISK DURING AUSTRALIA’S RAGING FIRES
The devastation of the bushfires in Australia cannot be overestimated.
The impact on animals is especially alarming as many are already reaching endangered status.
Amidst the increasingly sad news, there are some amazing stories of rescue and compassion.
I have interspersed Facts, Stories of Hope, and How to Help throughout.
Please let these heartwarming rescues inspire you* to help save someone during this tragic time.
#AustraliaFires
I have interspersed Facts, Stories of Hope, and How to Help throughout.
Please let these heartwarming rescues inspire you* to help save someone during this tragic time.
#AustraliaFires
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List identifies “fire and fire suppression” as a threat to more than 100 threatened species in Australia.”
#AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES
#AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES
Watch as These Brave Volunteers Work to Save Wild Animals as Australian Wildfires Rage.
Their compassion brings tears to my eyes.
Their compassion brings tears to my eyes.
Facts:
An estimated 8,000 koalas have perished so far.
“Koalas are typically slow-moving and their normal danger-avoidance strategy - currling into a ball atop a tree - has left them trapped in extreme fires.” There’s no clear indicator that an animal is in trouble.
An estimated 8,000 koalas have perished so far.
“Koalas are typically slow-moving and their normal danger-avoidance strategy - currling into a ball atop a tree - has left them trapped in extreme fires.” There’s no clear indicator that an animal is in trouble.
Ways to Help:
Charity 1.
gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty…
Many animals were already struggling with a lack of water and food.
“With the fires destroying unprecedented amounts of habitat, food shortages have increased and lack of suitable habitat will be a significant...challenge.”
Charity 1.
gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty…
Many animals were already struggling with a lack of water and food.
“With the fires destroying unprecedented amounts of habitat, food shortages have increased and lack of suitable habitat will be a significant...challenge.”
Stories of Hope
“Thousands of hectares of koala habitat across northern NSW and southeast Queensland have been destroyed in the recent bushfires.”
This koala, Kenny, was rescued from the Bilpin fireground and is now in care with WIRES.
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“Thousands of hectares of koala habitat across northern NSW and southeast Queensland have been destroyed in the recent bushfires.”
This koala, Kenny, was rescued from the Bilpin fireground and is now in care with WIRES.
#AustraliaOnFire
Facts:
It is will be months before the impact on wild populations can be full evaluated “but ecologists at Sydney University have estimated over 480 million animals have tragically died in Australia since September.”
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Photo: Independent
It is will be months before the impact on wild populations can be full evaluated “but ecologists at Sydney University have estimated over 480 million animals have tragically died in Australia since September.”
#AustralianFires
Photo: Independent
Stories of Hope
“WIRES and other exerts tend to discourage people from feeding wild animals, but wildfires have prompted them to encourage people to provide much needed food and water.”
This a free and easy way everyone in the area can help.
“WIRES and other exerts tend to discourage people from feeding wild animals, but wildfires have prompted them to encourage people to provide much needed food and water.”
This a free and easy way everyone in the area can help.
Stories of Hope🦘
A family raised a kangaroo since she was young, feeding her by hand. “They released her, and had let her roam wild for years.
Now, as the fires burned, she turned up at their door seeking shelter.”
Now she’s wild but she comes in because of the fires.
A family raised a kangaroo since she was young, feeding her by hand. “They released her, and had let her roam wild for years.
Now, as the fires burned, she turned up at their door seeking shelter.”
Now she’s wild but she comes in because of the fires.
Stories of Hope
A firefighter called Adam has become famous for saving at least six koalas from one of the most intense blazes to hit the state.
“The devastating fire, which reached emergency level on Friday, killed one person and destroyed 72 homes and 227 vehicles.”
A firefighter called Adam has become famous for saving at least six koalas from one of the most intense blazes to hit the state.
“The devastating fire, which reached emergency level on Friday, killed one person and destroyed 72 homes and 227 vehicles.”
Stories of Hope
“Dale Adams, a lieutenant at the Eden Hills Country Fire Service, took the photo of his colleague. He told Guardian Australia it was common for koalas to come out, apparently looking for firefighters, in these situations.”
“Dale Adams, a lieutenant at the Eden Hills Country Fire Service, took the photo of his colleague. He told Guardian Australia it was common for koalas to come out, apparently looking for firefighters, in these situations.”
Stories of Hope
People who help animals tend to be compassionate and inspire action.
But when we see animals helping animals it is proof that they are just as sentient and compassionate as humans.
People who help animals tend to be compassionate and inspire action.
But when we see animals helping animals it is proof that they are just as sentient and compassionate as humans.
Stories of Hope
Animals Helping Animals
TAYLOR, a springer spaniel, sniffs out wounded wildlife after fires destroyed more than one million hectares in Australia.
“The four-year-old pooch is trained to track the scent of a koala’s poop.”
Animals Helping Animals
TAYLOR, a springer spaniel, sniffs out wounded wildlife after fires destroyed more than one million hectares in Australia.
“The four-year-old pooch is trained to track the scent of a koala’s poop.”
Stories of Hope
An obsessive-compulsive dog who was abandoned as a puppy has a new mission: helping find and save koalas injured in Australia’s recent devastating bushfires.
Bear, a Cattle Dog cross-breed, is trained to find koalas quolls, and another small Australian marsupial.
An obsessive-compulsive dog who was abandoned as a puppy has a new mission: helping find and save koalas injured in Australia’s recent devastating bushfires.
Bear, a Cattle Dog cross-breed, is trained to find koalas quolls, and another small Australian marsupial.
How to Help
Charity 10.
Make warm blankets and clothing for lost animals.
(Aw always, please vet carefully before donating to any non profit organization.)
mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-1…
#AustraliaBurning
Charity 10.
Make warm blankets and clothing for lost animals.
(Aw always, please vet carefully before donating to any non profit organization.)
mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-1…
#AustraliaBurning
Sources:
google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…
sbs.com.au/news/meet-bear…
dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-d…
google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
google.com/amp/s/www.gizm…
google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.…
google.com/amp/s/theconve…
wires.org.au/donate/emergen…
koalasincare.org.au/pages/patients…
rspcaqld.org.au/how-you-can-he…
google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…
sbs.com.au/news/meet-bear…
dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-d…
google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
google.com/amp/s/www.gizm…
google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.…
google.com/amp/s/theconve…
wires.org.au/donate/emergen…
koalasincare.org.au/pages/patients…
rspcaqld.org.au/how-you-can-he…
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#AustraliaBushfires
“Australians caught up in the crisis are taking to social media and pleading for help. Entire towns have been flattened as fires snaked through bushland, across highways and up mountains.”
HERE’S HOW WE CAN HELP:
google.com/amp/s/www.cnet…
#AustraliaBushfires
“Australians caught up in the crisis are taking to social media and pleading for help. Entire towns have been flattened as fires snaked through bushland, across highways and up mountains.”
HERE’S HOW WE CAN HELP:
google.com/amp/s/www.cnet…
