The nation's bushfires are devastating livestock and wildlife

Bushfires ravaging parts of eastern Australia have claimed human life and also the lives of untold numbers of animals, with more under threat.

Sheep are seen on a fire-damaged property in Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Victoria. Source: AAP

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Millions of animals are dead and hundreds of thousands more will perish over coming days as a result of killer bushfires terrorising southeast Australia.

Native wildlife and agricultural livestock are among the fatalities, with already-endangered species at greater risk of extinction. The extent of the carnage may never be known.

"The fires will have killed millions of animals ... mammals, birds, reptiles," Wildlife Victoria boss Megan Davidson told AAP.

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