Australia's 2019-2020 "Black Summer" bushfires burned more than eight million hectares of native vegetation and killed or displaced 1-3 billion animals, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species are headed for extinction
This file photo taken on November 2, 2019 shows a dehydrated and injured koala receiving treatment at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, after its rescue from a bushfire. Australia's unique wildlife is in retreat as it reels from bushfires, drought, human activity and global warming, according to a "shocking" government report on July 19, 2022 that prompted calls for dramatic change. Image: Saeed Khan / AFP