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Animal rescue groups race to save Australia’s bushfire-hit wildlife with nearly $200 million in donations
It started with a tweet from Barack Obama.
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As the Black Summer bushfires raged across Australia, and with reports of a terrible wildlife death toll, the former US president highlighted the work of aid agencies including animal rescue group WIRES.
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An electronic billboard promoting WIRES appeared in Times Square, while a group in the UK produced koala buttons urging people to donate.
Television host Ellen DeGeneres, Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, and Australian Formula 1 star Daniel Ricciardo were among those who backed the fundraising campaigns, while British food critic Tom Parker Bowles raised nearly half a million dollars.
An early estimate…
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