Animals A mass mortality of wild horses in the Australian outback shook the nation. The cause? Extreme heat.

the Locals found last week in the sweltering Northern Territory 40 dead and 55 dying horses, in a dried-up fountain near Santa Teresa (Alice Springs). The 55 still-living animals were so bad, that help is no longer allowed income. Rangers they could only have from their suffering to redeem it.

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“Suddenly I saw all the horses are,” explains Ralph Turner done. “Death, dying. It was terrible. This I have never experienced before. It’s been so long so enormously hot here.” the

The region is facing an unprecedented blistering heatwave. All 12 days at a stretch is in the area warmer than 42 degrees. “Normally, here is water,” explains another local Rohan Smyth from. “They came to drink, but they found only sand. They had no chance.”