There are no words to describe this.
Shocking footage shows thousands of burnt animal bodies along a country road in an Australian town devastated by bushfires.
The sky is still grey with smoke as they discover blackened sheep and cattle piled up on the side of the road.ABC cameraman Matt Roberts posted on Twitter: ‘Absolutely gut wrenching driving into Batlow this morning, never seen anything like it,’Dead kangaroos and sheep after wildfires hit the Kangaroo Island, South Australia ‘Sorry to have to share these images… it’s completely heartbreaking. Worst thing I’ve seen. Story must be told.
Ecologists from the University of Sydney believe 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been lost since September with the figure likely to continue to soar. Scores of homes along Australia’s east coast have been razed to the ground leaving thousands of residents stranded and many forced to take shelter in the only safe place left available to them, the ocean.
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