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As many as half a billion animals, including pets and livestock, may have been killed in Australia's wildfires, according to experts, with potentially hundreds of thousands of injured and displaced native wildlife. Dozens of vast blazes continue to burn out of control across the east of the country and there are growing fears that two fires in New South Wales and Victoria could connect to form another uncontrollable megablaze. Let us take a look at some of the images from Australian bushfire crisis:
A kangaroo is seen at the Flinders Chase National Park in a bushfire-affected area on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
A dead Australian native bird is seen on ashes on the ground near Eden, Australia January. (Reuters Photo) -
Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Burgess holds a severely burnt brushtail possum rescued from fires near Australia's Blue Mountains. (Reuters Photo)
Sheeps are seen on a fire-damaged property in Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
A kangaroo is seen with burnt feet pads after being rescued from bushfires in Australia's Blue Mountains area. (Reuters Photo) 
A kangaroo is seen in bushland surrounded by smoke haze early morning in Canberra, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
A dead Australian native bird is seen washed up amongst ash and fire debris on Boydtown Beach near the Nullica River in Eden, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
A dead koala is seen after bushfires swept through on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
Worst-hit areas, like the town of Cobargo, recovery will take much longer. (Reuters Photo)
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