BellingenNSW<p>Care for non-human animals during and after the 2019/2020 “Black Summer” bushfires in Australia</p><p>"In fighting these fires, authorities focused almost entirely on protecting human lives and property...The role of rescuing and caring for domesticated and wild animals fell almost entirely to community groups and individual carers, who stepped up to fill the gap at significant cost to themselves – financially, emotionally and sometimes even at a risk to their safety.The standard view in Australia is that only humans matter in the face of bushfires. While some guidance on disaster preparation talks about how to protect pets such as cats and dogs, wildlife carers, farmers and horse owners often found themselves facing incoming fires with little or no information or support."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/as-the-black-summer-megafires-neared-people-rallied-to-save-wildlife-and-domestic-animals-but-it-came-at-a-real-cost-248432" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/as-the-bla</span><span class="invisible">ck-summer-megafires-neared-people-rallied-to-save-wildlife-and-domestic-animals-but-it-came-at-a-real-cost-248432</span></a></p><p>"69% of Australian households own a pet."&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/29/the-veterinarian-shortage-in-regional-australia-is-not-a-looming-crisis-were-already-in-it" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jan/29/the-veterinarian-shortage-in-regional-australia-is-not-a-looming-crisis-were-already-in-it</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bushfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossiFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossiFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/megafires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megafires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/2019Bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2019Bushfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BlackSummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSummer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/preparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preparation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IntroducedPets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntroducedPets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/menagerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>menagerie</span></a></p>