Australian Bushfires - Wildlife Rescue and Care
No doubt you would have seen the images of the fire catastrophe that is burning its way through Australia. The human toll has been great with entire towns burnt to the ground. Homes and businesses lost. In some case lives.
The wildlife, the native animals of Australia have also suffered, horrifically. The forests that are burning, are their homes and food source. The intensity of the fire in places will have killed the forest. Where the heat is most extreme, it will have also killed all of the necessary micro-organisms in the soil, and change the chemical composition, rendering it sterile for decades to come.
There are some very dire predictions for the animals that survive, with the possibility that some species will now be extinct. It is a desperate race to find and provide care for the animals that have survived.
Many dedicated volunteers who give freely their time, resources and homes to rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. Friends of mine belong to a volunteer organisation called WIRES. I have seen first hand the time intensive work that they and their colleagues do. However, they need help with covering the costs of this often sleepless work.
All animals once fully recovered, are released back into an appropriate wilderness location.
If you are considering donating to helping out with this disaster you can do so on the WIRES website. All donations are tax deductible.
Leo~ Thank you very much for posting about the bush fire <3 It's still raging and we still need to keep people's awareness of it so that help can still get to those that really needs it~
Much love to you~
Thankfully some rain has come up in Queensland. Here's hoping that rain makes it way to the other places where it is needed.
Some rain has also came to Victoria, but I think the NSW fires are still going out of control :(
But it's good to hear QLD has had some reprieve! <3
Rain can also be a bad thing... there is now a danger that the ash and topsoil will be washed into waterways and kill the fish. The Murray Darling is already experiencing mass fish die off from drought and water resource abuse by corporations.
https://theconversation.com/the-sweet-relief-of-rain-after-bushfires-threatens-disaster-for-our-rivers-129449
Yeah, it really is a climate emergency, but the greedy politicians who have been warned again and again just wont do anything real about it :(
It needs a comprehensive approach to address, from the govt!
Climate change can't be stopped. The planet's climate has always been changing from day one.
However, what can be done is attempt to lessen the impact, change our ways and adapt. Build our houses differently, and in places that are not immediately impacted by fluctuations in climate, ie. directly on the shoreline or river banks.
Screaming at other people to do something, changes nothing. The climate protests are an utter waste of time and energy and only further train people to give over their self-agency to others... who will always take advantage of that.
Imagine this. All of those climate protestors spending that same time and energy on land care projects. Direct action with direct results, empowering people to make change for themselves.
Why wait for politicians? Want change, make change, be the change you want.
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