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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by Flat Rock Farm » Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:37 pm

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Re: Fires in Australia

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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by Killerbunny » Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:57 am

Reading the links gives you a whole different perspective of the fires and how much worse it is than the "sanitised" news coverage here. Horrific, luck to your family @Jaye
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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by Kbr42 » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:44 am

Wildfires are terrible things. My heart breaks for the wildlife. :hands: :rain: :rain: :rain:
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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by ross » Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:10 pm

Anybody know if the areas that have NOT been hit with fire have seen a great influx of critters wild & domestic moving into their area ?
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Re: Fires in Australia

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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by Jaye » Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:03 pm

ross wrote:
Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:10 pm
Anybody know if the areas that have NOT been hit with fire have seen a great influx of critters wild & domestic moving into their area ?
I don't have any stats, but I imagine the numbers are large.
The number of status red and amber out of control fires has gone down quite a bit since this past weekend's spike (their status has been downgraded, not necessarily under control), but there are still so many fires spreading. It's far from over.
I recently watched a CBC documentary that I thought was quite informative:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsSZNwsdN7A
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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by Killerbunny » Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:54 pm

Update from Featherboard on AUstralia.
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"The National Farmers Federation estimates that more than 100,000 sheep and 25,000 cattle have perished or been euthanized due to the ongoing fires. Expert forecasts suggest that 1.7 million sheep and 450,000 cattle may be affected before fires are under control. No information on poultry barn losses is forthcoming at this point."
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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by kenya » Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:21 am

It's so sad I think the wildlife is so confused they don't know what they are doing, I've seen videos of animals going back into the fire area.
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Re: Fires in Australia

Post by ross » Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:17 pm

Yep animals in barn fires act same way when chased out of barn . Hard to take . 😥
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