AUSTRALIA FIRES: Crews Airdrop Vegetables to Feed Starving Wildlife

The New South Wales government attempts to save the billions of starving animals trapped in Australia's bushfires by reportedly dropping over 4,800 pounds of vegetables on Sunday. According to Fox News, “’Operation Rock Wallaby’ was commissioned to send thousands of vegetables from the sky to feed brush-tailed rock wallabies” – an endangered species at risk of extinction.

As Australia fires rage, crews airdrop vegetables to feed starving animals https://t.co/rzFR9x3T95 pic.twitter.com/te944l4Kvt

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A recent estimate from the University of Sydney says that over 1 billion animals already may have died as officials warned Australia’s wildfire. Helicopters full of sweet potatoes and carrots flew over bushland and canyons. Fox News added that the fires “have spread quickly and overwhelmed efforts to contain them.”

As Australia fires rage, crews airdrop vegetables to feed starving animals https://t.co/8RsmD9QLxG via @foxnews pic.twitter.com/wcXHCzrhlv

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“We are taking what we can, we are doing emergency fundraising and building more facilities right now,” the owner of the Australia Zoo, Terri Irwin, said on “Fox & Friends.” “We’re at capacity right now for koalas, we’re over capacity for fruit bats and we are seeing a number of other animals.”