PRINTER'S NO. 3279
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
723
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, MADDEN, WILLIAMS, KINSEY, ISAACSON,
McNEILL, DONATUCCI, PASHINSKI, KIM, INNAMORATO, HILL-EVANS,
MURT, KENYATTA, KORTZ, FREEMAN, T. DAVIS, SCHLOSSBERG, BURNS,
YOUNGBLOOD, BIZZARRO, VITALI, HOWARD, GLEIM, SAPPEY,
McCLINTON AND CONKLIN, FEBRUARY 5, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Mourning the mass loss of Australian wildlife caused by the
bushfire crisis.
WHEREAS, Approximately 136 bushfires are currently ravaging
Australia, putting citizens, firefighters and wildlife at risk;
and
WHEREAS, The fires have been burning since September 2019;
and
WHEREAS, More than 25 million acres of land, home to various
wildlife species, have burned; and
WHEREAS, It is conservatively estimated that more than 1
billion animals, including 8,000 koalas, have died; and
WHEREAS, As many as 100 species of plants have been
classified as threatened due to habitat loss; and
WHEREAS, Several animal species, including the black-tailed
dusky antechinus, long-footed potoroo, glossy black cockatoo and
dunnart, a mouse-sized marsupial, are at risk of extinction; and
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WHEREAS, The fires are undeniably a direct result of the
worsening effects of manmade climate change and prove the global
interconnection we all share in this fight; and
WHEREAS, The potentially permanent loss of wildlife diversity
affects not only Australia but the entire planet; therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives mourn the mass
loss of Australian wildlife caused by the bushfire crisis.
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