Australia Fires 2019 Animals. Which animals typically fare best and worst? The wildlife toll, but the three billion figure is not likely to change, according to a wwf statement.

Nearly 3 billion animals killed or displaced by australia fires. By comparison, fires in brazil's amazon burned nearly 5 million acres in the first half of 2019. Those that survived battled other forms of stress, such as habitat loss, increased predation and lack of food.

Australia's deadly bushfires sparked in september 2019 and have been blazing ever since.

Already, millions of acres have burned, creating dangerous levels of air pollution, displacing nearly 90,000 people and killing a billion animals. Sea of fire races across field near adelaide. Australia fires were far worse than any prediction during the peak of the crisis in january, scientists had estimated that 1.25 billion animals had been killed in new south wales and victoria alone. The fires created unprecedented damage, destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals.