Australia’s Unique Wildlife On Kangaroo Island Bouncing Back After 2020 Bushfires

Australia’s Unique Wildlife On Kangaroo Island Bouncing Back After 2020 Bushfires
A general view of Vivonne Bay as seen on February 25, 2020 Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Two years after being ravaged by Australia’s record bushfires, Kangaroo Island’s endangered wildlife are finally starting to bounce back thanks to a fenced safe haven.

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were the worst in Kangaroo Island’s history, destroying almost half of its vegetation and threatening the survival of species such as the mouse-like dunnart.