Wildlife and livestock losses mount in bushfire carnage

Kangaroo populations, as well as small mammals and birds, have been hit hard by the bushfires. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

The full extent of wildlife lost to raging fires may never be known, as rescue teams begin moving into fire grounds to assist surviving animals.

More than 410,000 hectares have been damaged by nearly a dozen fires across Victoria, destroying 700 structures and killing thousands of livestock and native animals.