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Not all animals can escape when fire comes burning through the forest. In Bolivia, millions of animals are likely dead as a result of the raging forest fires that continue to burn across the region, including the Amazon.
Scientists told AFP that more than 2.3 million animals perished in fires burning in protected forest and grassland areas, such as the tropical savannas of the Chiquitania region in eastern Bolivia. The nearly 34,000 fires that have scorched Bolivia — 75 per cent higher than this time last year according to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research — are due to farmers clearing land for their crops, as well as extended dry periods, Sergio Vasquez, a disaster response manager at World Animal Protection, told Gizmodo.
“From my understanding, this emergency is the biggest ever in Bolivia,” Vasquez wrote in an email statement.
Courtesy of msn.com
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