The sheer number of animals killed in Australia’s bushfires could collapse entire ecosystems

Conservationists and scientists fear bushfires that have ravaged parts of Australia have had a catastrophic impact on flora and fauna.

Vets and volunteers treat Koalas at Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, on Kangaroo Island. Source: AAP

The sheer magnitude of plant and animal species potentially wiped off the face of Australia by unrivalled bushfires is unknown.

But when the fires that have torn through a combined area almost as big as England eventually ease, scientists fear a brutal outcome.

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