From planes and helicopters they drop food at wild animals that have survived the bushfires in Australia.

The government of New South Wales (NSW), one of the areas most affected by the fires, has taken this initiative in order to ensure that animals that manage to survive the fires have a source of food.

This initiative, called “Operation Rock Wallaby”, aims to help this species of marsupial, the Brushtail Rock Wallaby, and the wild animals in need.

They throw food for the hungry animals

Several days ago, the NSW government started the operation. From the air, rains of thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potatoes are dropped, so that the hungry fauna is fed.

This operation is led by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales , who began their mission by dropping food rains on the Capertree and Wolgan valleys, Yengo National Park, Kangaroo Valley and around. from Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Currancubundi National Parks.

It is estimated that 2,200 kg of fresh vegetables have been dropped so far for the wild animals found in these places.

Matt Kean, NSW Minister of the Environment, told The Daily Mail :

“While the animals have managed to flee the fires, out of their habitat, they are left without a source of food.”

Wallabies are said to have a high chance of surviving these fires, but because they migrate from their habitat, they are very likely to be stranded without food sources.

Matt, dijo a The Daily Mail:

“Wallabies generally survive the fire itself, but are then stranded with limited natural foods as the fire removes vegetation around their rocky habitat.”

He also added that this species of marsupial was already in very worrying conditions to survive without help, due to the drought.

In addition, he assured that he will continue to monitor the native species, to observe their progress as part of the recovery process after the forest fires.

Matt, dijo a The Daily Mail:

“When we can, we are also setting up cameras to monitor the absorption of the food and the number and variety of animals there.”

The World Wildlife Fund has estimated that around 1.25 billion animals have died directly or indirectly from wildfires across Australia.

Dermot O’Gorman, CEO of WWF-Australia said in a statement :

“This heartbreaking loss includes thousands of precious koalas on the north central coast of New South Wales, along with other iconic species such as kangaroos, wallabies, gliders, potoroos, cockatoos and honeycombs.”

Rock wallabies, the target species of the operation, were already in danger before the fires, due to the destruction of their habitat.

For its part, the charity Animals Australia has been using the help of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the wild, wounded and burned animals in the Victoria region.

Animals Australia uses the donations to rent small planes and fill them with supplies and food, which it distributes in the region to all wildlife.

Lyn White, a spokesperson for Animals Australia, said:

“They are working as hard as they can to make sure that the wildlife that has survived the fires do not die from lack of food.”

He added that the chances of wild animals dying due to lack of food are very real, due to the conditions, and it would be very tragic if the loss of life were increased due to lack of food sources.

The organization thanks all the people who have helped with their donations and affirms that their main objective is to ensure that they are distributed in the best way and cause a direct impact on the animals affected by the fires.