P!nk Makes Half A Million Dollar Donation To Australian Bushfire Fund

P!nk has made a huge $500,000 (£380,000) donation to help the frontline firefighters in the Australian bushfire crisis.

Posting on Twitter, she voiced her concerns about the country's national emergency, writing: "I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires.

"I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart goes out to our friends and family in Oz."

People have praised the move, with one user who said they were a Australian firefighter writing: "As a NSW Rural firefighter, thank you so much for supporting our country during these horrific fires. You just keep proving again and again what an amazingly selfless human being you are."

Another replied: "P!nk is amazing and please know that so many of us are supporting you in the ways we know how.

"I know y'all are on the other side of the world, but America does love Australia and is worried about humanity, animals, your homes, the firefighters to give them strength."

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While someone else tweeted: "Thank you! Omg I love you! This means the world to us Australians watching our country be engulfed in flames and all the animals and people doing it tough. I cannot thank you enough."

Devastating images have been coming out of the country, with over a dozen deaths reported, as well as the estimation that almost 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have also perished in the blaze.

Many species have been affected in Australia - which is home to various indigenous fauna including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, possums, wombats and echidnas - but koalas are feared to be among the hardest hit, with an estimated 30 percent of just one koala colony on the country's northeast coast thought to be lost.

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Tracy Burgess, a volunteer at Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES), said it was concerning that rescuers were not receiving as many animal patients as they would expect.

Burgess told Reuters: "We're not getting that many animals coming into care. So, our concern is that they don't come into care because they're not there anymore, basically."

WIRES receives limited government funding, meaning it relies heavily on donations from the public, along with help from volunteers like Burgess who care for the animals in their own homes.

Topics: Australia

Amelia Ward

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