They did also say "the true loss of animal life is likely to be much higher than 480 million" though. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/03/a-stat

They did also say "the true loss of animal life is likely to be much higher than 480 million" though. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/03/a-statement-about-the-480-million-animals-killed-in-nsw-bushfire.html https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/03/a-stateme...