A large number of carrots were airdropped from a helicopter (Source: Matt Keane Tweets)
In recent times, Australian wildfires have continued to rage, and foreign media estimate that nearly 500 million animals have been buried in the sea of fire. In order to save the local wildlife, NSW, which has a severe wildfire, recently launched a special operation, using a helicopter to drop more than 1 ton of sweet potatoes and carrots, hoping to help the hungry broom-tailed rock kangaroos.
Sweet potatoes are loaded into a helicopter (Source: Australia 7th News Network)
NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Keane said the state government was working to ensure that broom-tailed rock kangaroos affected by bushfires in Australia received food as part of wildlife recovery efforts after the fires, CNN reported. He said NSW had stocked more than 2,000 pounds (1 tonne) of sweet potatoes and carrots in different clusters of broom-tailed rock kangaroos last week.
"Preliminary fire assessments indicate that several important broom-tailed rock kangaroo population habitats have been burned down during recent forest fires. Broom-tailed rock kangaroo pups usually survive the fire, but as the fire hits the surrounding vegetation, these small broom-tailed rock kangaroos are trapped in their naturally limited habitat," Keane says, "This is one of the most extensive food stocking efforts we have done for broom-tailed rock kangaroos." ”
Broom-tailed rock kangaroo (Source: Australia 7th News Network)
According to the Australian Department of Environment and Energy website, broom-tailed rock kangaroos live on rocky cliffs, granite outcrops and cliffs and are considered endangered in Australia.
Ecologists at the University of Nippon said the fires in New South Wales alone affected nearly 500 million animals, millions of whom could die. This figure includes birds, reptiles and mammals, with the exception of bats, insects and frogs, which means that the true number may be much higher than estimated.
(Source: Overseas Network)