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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. There's no doubt across that scale of landscape and given the intensity of the fires, millions of animals would have been killed," he said.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. We were told that Marco, one of the rescued chimpanzees, does a dance during thunderstorms during which he looks like he’s in a trance. Animal Rescues: Feeling Compassion for Those in Need. They all stood vigil for a time, nodded their heads, and flew off.

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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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Peta called on authorities to add cruelty to animals to the arson charge laid against a 39-year-old man on Friday in connection with a bushfire in rural Victoria state that killed 21 people. Tags: wildlife crime natural disaster australia animal rescue wildlife PETA.

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