"Nearly 500 million animals killed in Australian bushfires, experts fear "
This seemed insane to me till I read
"The region, which lies around 240 miles north of Sydney, is home to the largest number of Australia’s koalas, with a population of up to 28,000.
Federal environment minister Sussan Ley told ABC "up to 30 per cent of the population in that region" may have been killed, because around 30 per cent of their habitat has been destroyed."
I guess they are claiming 500milion animals are 100% going to die because their "habitat" got burned down, they must have included ants
But of course money is involved
"A Gofundme page for the hospital has received more than £1.6million ($2million AUD) since September - the largest single amount raised on the site in Australian history,"
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/australian-bushfires-new-south-wales-koalas-sydney-a4322071.html