The Irwin has helped rescue 90,000 animals including those falling victim to the ongoing wildfire devastation in Australia and Bindi Irwin shared her photos on social media.
Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, and their children, Bindi and Robert, own and operate the Australia Zoo’s Wildlife Hospital. “Wildlife Hospital takes in animals from all over Australia. Hundreds of grey-headed flying foxes, a species listed as vulnerable, have been flown to Queensland after the rescue centre they were recovering in was at risk from fire and evacuated,” Bindi Irwin posted on Instagram, along with images of orphaned fox cubs recovering from the fire.
“This week, we treated our 90,000th patient,” she wrote in the post.
The 90,000th patient is a platypus rescued from the inferno, who the family named “Ollie.”
“‘Ollie’ the orphaned platypus is receiving round the clock care until he can be released back to the wild,” Robert Irwin posted on Instagram, adding, “With pressures from drought to bushfires, wildlife need our help now more than ever.”
The raging fires, which have burned over 12.35 million acres of land — about twice the size of Vermont — is believed to have killed nearly 500 million animals since the start of Australia’s bush fire season in September, according to estimates from ecologists at the University of Sydney.
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