Australia’s continuing bushfire crisis has taken an enormous toll on wildlife, with huge numbers of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and other species killed. Kangaroo Island dunnartEven before the fires, there were concerns for the future of the Kangaroo Island dunnart, a small marsupial found nowhere else in Australia. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart, photographed with a sensor camera during a private land survey, west end of Kangaroo Island. Additionally, the species was introduced to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s and the island is home to Australia’s only populations of the species that are chlamydia-free. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Humane Society International’s disaster relief team visit the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park which is caring for koalas and other stricken wildlife.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2020 16:30 UTC