Bushfires have now killed more than a BILLION Australian animals - more than double what experts first feared

[Daily Mail Australia]: Months of bushfire devastation has left million of hectares burnt across Australia, more than 20 dead and thousands of properties lost, but a wider, less visible impact is expected, and experts have started to weigh in on what the future looks like around the country.

Original reports suggested that 500 million animals had already perished in the blazes, and WWF-Australia now estimates that number is higher than one billion.

'Australia is a land of bushfires, but this season's unprecedented mega fires are not normal. Climate change does not cause bushfires, but it does make them much worse,' WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman said in a statement.

'This heart-breaking loss includes thousands of precious koalas on the mid-north coast of NSW, along with other iconic species such as kangaroos, wallabies, gliders, potoroos, cockatoos and honeyeaters.' ...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...