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Saving the Animals

Six panels outline the devastation of the bushfires, as well as some of the positives that have come from it. Text at the bottom reads, 'Hope is unfortunately other people, and we are all we have'.

First Dog on the Moon finds hope amid devastation. Though a harsh critic of those in power, he also uses his pen to remind us of the best in people. The New South Wales Government really did use helicopters to drop thousands of kilograms of sweet potato and carrots to endangered brush-tailed rock-wallabies, First Dog’s grim statistics were superseded by a mid-year World Wide Fund for Nature report: nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by the fires.

The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.

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