These 17 Heartbreaking Pics Show The Plight Of Animals Affected By The Australian Bushfires

Australia is known to have a 'fire season,' but this time it's particularly alarming and experts have attributed it to climate change. Right now, in Australia, it's a living nightmare for locals.

The land is filled with charred bodies of koalas and dead cockatoos falling out of trees. Fire has spread to the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. This is where most people and animals live. So far, 15 million acres of land have burned down.

There is a growing fear that entire species of plants and animals have been wiped out by the bushfires. So far, nearly a billion animals have died, and if that does not alarm us, nothing will.

Photos of some wild and farm animals--kangaroos, koalas and others--that burned alive are doing rounds on the Internet. Here's what Australia is dealing with:

1. A kangaroo looks for a safe place during the bushfires.

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2. A rescued kangaroo is being taken care of by volunteers of wildlife rescue group WIRES, who are working to save and rehabilitate animals from the months-long bushfire disaster.

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3. Vegetables were dropped from the air for animals in Australia so they don't starve to death.

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4. A dog gets evacuated in the back of a car as high winds push smoke and ash from the Currowan Fire towards Nowra, New South Wales, Australia.

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5. Bernadette Foster, a Dignams Creek resident who has run out of petrol poses for photos with her pet dogs at the evacuation centre in Cobargo.

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6. Many animals were left cornered by the bushfires in Cobargo.

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7. Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Dodd holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads after being rescued from bushfires in Australia's Blue Mountains area.

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8. Here, Tracy Burgess is seen holding a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from fires near Australia¡¯s Blue Mountains.

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9. A weary kangaroo finds a moment's respite on a patch of green grass surrounded by burnt bushland along the Princes Highway near Milton.

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10. Cattle killed by the bushfires buried in Cobargo.

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11. An injured horse gets a painkiller in a shared paddock at the evacuation centre in Cobargo.

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12. Sheep make their way in the fire-ravaged grounds near Bega.

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13. The carcass of a kangaroo lies on the ground after it was euthanised, on a farm in Cobargo.

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14. A dead Australian native bird washed up amongst ash and fire debris on Boydtown Beach near the Nullica River in Eden.

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15. A brushtail possum with burnt paws gets nursed by WIRES volunteer Baron Green in Merimbula.

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16. An injured kangaroo with a joey in its pouch, limps through burnt bushland.

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17. The burnt paw of a brushtail possum is pictured here as it is nursed by WIRES volunteers in Merimbula.

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