Vegetables Are Being Dropped From Air For Animals In Australia So They Don't Starve To Death

Bushfires are still burning in Australia. Fortunately, after being burnt new bush is also regenerating. Firefighters and volunteers have been trying to save as many animals as possible. One billion animals have been reported dead in the fires till now and it is important to save the rest. It is important to ensure that animals that have managed to survive the fires do not die of hunger because even their source of food, has been destroyed.

And to ensure that, the New South Wales government has started doing food-drops, trickling thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potato from above to feed the state's colonies of brush-trailed rock wallabies.

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NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recently commenced 'Operation Rock Wallaby' in order to combat the at-risk nature of the state's marsupial population.

The parks service has dropped more than 2,200kg of fresh vegetables for these animals. New South Wales Environment Minister Matt Kean said that even though these animals managed to flee they have no source of food.

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¡°The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat,¡± Daily Mail quoted him as saying.

He further said, ¡°The wallabies were already under stress from the ongoing drought, making survival challenging for the wallabies without assistance.¡±

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Lyn White, Animals Australia Spokeswoman, said they're working as hard as they can to make sure the wildlife that has survived the fires doesn't die from a lack of food. She said, ¡°With roads likely shut for weeks, the risk of starvation for surviving wildlife in the area is very real. It would be tragic if there was a further loss of life because the needs of surviving animals was not being met.¡±

Australia is in dire need of funds to recover from the ongoing devastation, and to keep its population and wild animals alive.