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Conservationists and wildlife experts are anxious that raging bushfires sweeping through Australia have resulted in “catastrophic losses”, amid fears an entire species may have been wiped out.
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A state of emergency was declared in New South Wales and parts of Victoria, with officials warning of an “unprecedented fire danger.” Getty Images
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Kangaroo Island, located off the country’s southern coast and home to the dunnarts, is known as Australia’s answer to the Galapagos Islands – but what remains has been described as a “scorched wasteland”. See The Independent for the full story: