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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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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. Hundreds of burned, stressed and dehydrated animals — including kangaroos, koalas, lizards and birds — have already arrived at shelters across the scorched region.

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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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The fireman who saved Sam the Koala is now an international Youtube star. 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. And getting recognition he deserves for his kindness.Mr

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