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Australia's animals are 'shutting down'

Bushfires and drought have killed hundreds of millions of Australia's wild and farm animals, and the country's vets have witnessed some heartbreaking scenes. Dr Gundula Rhoades, who owns a veterinary practice in Inverell, New South Wales, tells Graihagh Jackson about the devastation in her area and the worrying long-term impact it could be having on livestock.

(Picture: An emaciated sheep at a drought-hit farm in New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Brook Mitchell, Getty Images)

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