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Kangaroo Island has been decimated by wildfires

It used to be filled with lush vegetation and pristine nature. It used to be a sanctuary for thousands of kangaroos and koalas. But Kangaroo Island has been ravaged by the flames. And it's now unrecognizable…

01/10/2020 6:18 PM
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18 comments

  • Brandon M.
    01/17/2020 08:38

    Plant more trees and plants.

  • Selah N.
    01/14/2020 04:28

    We are in the process of losing the landscape as we know it.

  • Liam R.
    01/13/2020 16:31

    💔

  • Becs B.
    01/13/2020 12:52

    😖😞

  • Anne-Mie G.
    01/12/2020 17:53

    And the governor of this island keeps denying climate change? How can we sleep when our beds are burning?

  • Jill S.
    01/11/2020 21:51

    My prayers are with the people in Australia. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/australia/australia-fires-police-action-trnd/index.html

  • Patrizia B.
    01/11/2020 17:08

    💔💔💔

  • Sumita R.
    01/11/2020 06:20

    If it was taken seriously at the beginning, this mass scale destruction wouldn't happen!

  • Maria B.
    01/11/2020 00:02

    KI will return from the ashes with time, support locals by going for a holiday there. 😊

  • Carolyn H.
    01/10/2020 20:51

    You left out how our Government are climate change deniers who ignored fire chiefs and slashed their bugdet. Now our whole country is on fire and there's no end in sight.

  • Cora L.
    01/10/2020 20:25

    Have mercy on them O Lord. Sustain them and help them to recover. Send a gentle pouring rain so that a new breathe of life with come out from the earth. In your Holy Name Lord Jesus I pray. Amen.

  • Wanda C.
    01/10/2020 20:03

    Horrendous.

  • Shirley P.
    01/10/2020 19:22

    This breaks my heart 😥😥💙💙

  • Katja T.
    01/10/2020 19:15

    Tragedy 😓🍀

  • Pradeep S.
    01/10/2020 18:52

    People who set these fire should be punished severely. This is such a tragedy.

  • Linda E.
    01/10/2020 18:38

    Such a major tragedy.

  • Orville R.
    01/10/2020 18:33

    Is this one of the places that the eco-terrorists committed arson?

  • Linda F.
    01/10/2020 18:26

    The Government should be held responsible for not acting with haste.