Reading any article like this, it's worth bearing in mind that bushfires are a natural seasonal phenomenon in Australia, and both flora and fauna are adapted to them. There are even some Australian plants that reproduce <i>only</i> after fires.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophyte" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophyte</a><p>The worrisome thing this time around, though, is the accompanying drought. Droughts too are a fact of life in the world's driest continent, but if this is now the "new normal" due to climate change, the land will not be able to recover.
The fires aren't the only things killing Australian wildlife. Cats kill 4 times as many animals every year:<p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/65915-australia-cats-wildlife-killers.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/65915-australia-cats-wildlife-ki...</a>