Animal pouches for animals affected by bushfires hang on clothing racks. "It's been going crazy," Belinda Orellana, a founding member of the guild, told Reuters. Blazes across Australia in recent weeks have scorched through 8 million hectares of bushland, an area the size of Austria. "I'm planning to make as many as possible and am asking fabric outlets for fabric donations to sew," Mackay told Reuters. "I looked at the list of what is most needed versus my fairly basic sewing capability and decided I could contribute the bat wraps," Watts said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 06, 2020 22:18 UTC