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A wildlife expert shares heartbreaking photo of his son holding a dead wallaby, as he urged the world to wake up to the ‘mass devastation’ in Australia
Viral Mag ^ | Jan. 9, 2020 | Viral Mag Team

Posted on 01/09/2020 11:45:06 AM PST by steveben

‘They’re all dying, aren’t they dad?’ asks boy, 7, as wildfire crisis escalates, Tim Faulkner said his son, Matty, seven, told him: ‘Dad, everything is dying’, as they took the picture which ‘speaks a thousand words’. The nature and wildlife expert, who hosts the show ‘outback adventures’, said wallabies were starving, dehydrated and at further risk from predators and traffic due to the out of control blazes devastating the country.


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To: steveben

“‘They’re all dying, aren’t they dad?’

WE are all going to die. This looks staged..


21 posted on 01/09/2020 12:14:43 PM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: steveben

I will gladly stand up against arson.


22 posted on 01/09/2020 12:15:52 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: MNJohnnie

[[Exactly what is “the world” suppose to do about local arsonists?]]

Pat Trillions and Trillions and Trillions of dollars to combat something we don’t dont’ and can’t control of course


23 posted on 01/09/2020 12:18:29 PM PST by Bob434
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

[[innocent, helpless animal]]

You’re taking a lot for granted- who knows, it could have been a career criminal- stealing from people’s gardens, doing drugs, robbing it’s neighbors, heavy drinker- we just don’t know-


24 posted on 01/09/2020 12:21:46 PM PST by Bob434
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To: ctdonath2

Reminds me of the dead kid on the beach that people used to gain sympathy for the “refugees”.


25 posted on 01/09/2020 12:23:06 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88

Can’t wear hemp clothing - still need oil in the process somewhere to make them.


26 posted on 01/09/2020 12:38:12 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: MNJohnnie
“The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were among the worst natural bushfires in the world. Almost 20,000 km² of land was burned, 71 people died, several towns were entirely obliterated and the Royal Commission that resulted from it led to major changes in forest management.” -Wikipedia
27 posted on 01/09/2020 12:38:50 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: 9422WMR

Can’t - environmentalists prevented them from doing that.


28 posted on 01/09/2020 12:39:28 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: steveben

Okay, I’m awake to the mass devastation. What, specifically, should I do now to save cute marsupials from fire in Australia?


29 posted on 01/09/2020 12:40:07 PM PST by Tax-chick (Make yourself useful. And don't die!)
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To: steveben

What happened to forest management?

If the issue were climate-change drought, they wouldn’t have this happen again.


30 posted on 01/09/2020 12:46:57 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: steveben

Hope any remaining Tasmanian Tigers aren’t killed off....if there were any left. What a shame.


31 posted on 01/09/2020 1:23:03 PM PST by Phillyred
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Not that I am for the brutal deaths of millions of koalas, kangaroos, and other various little furry animals, but let’s face it—the reaction to the Australian fires is largely dependent upon the visuals. We don’t respond in the same manner to the death of snakes, hyenas, and other creatures purely because of the cuteness factor.


32 posted on 01/09/2020 1:38:20 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: MNJohnnie
Exactly what is “the world” suppose to do about local arsonists?

Well... For THEM I'd donate for a few bullets...

33 posted on 01/09/2020 1:38:43 PM PST by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: steveben

Animals die in brush fires. That’s a shame, but not a crisis in itself.

Babies dying in abortion clinics, on the other hand. . .


34 posted on 01/09/2020 1:58:05 PM PST by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: steveben

“Wake up”
I’m woke. Heatwaves don’t ignite
wildfires,


35 posted on 01/09/2020 2:13:44 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: va22030

Watch your mouth.


36 posted on 01/09/2020 2:21:19 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: steveben

The true arsonists are the eco-freaks that ban brush clearing, etc.


37 posted on 01/09/2020 2:24:01 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: va22030

A real American would never call a long standing ally of the U.S A a ‘fake country’. Maybe an inbred one would, which I suspect you are. Jerk. We have some fine Americans downunder helping us battle fires. You wouldn’t be fit to shine their shoes


38 posted on 01/09/2020 2:31:19 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: ClearCase_guy

“There is no sign of fire in the picture. Could just be road kill.”

You’re not seeing the smoke in the background.


39 posted on 01/09/2020 2:41:58 PM PST by Old Student (As I watch the balkanization of our nation I realize that Robert A. Heinlein was a prophet.)
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To: Spruce

it doesn’t matter as long as you establish and emotional bond with this heart wrenching photo of a young child.

Like wearing an armband.


40 posted on 01/09/2020 2:49:00 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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