Wildlife unseen casualty as forests burn in worst wildfire season of the century
June 15, 2023
CSFS Associate Matthew Mitchell (land and food systems) commented on how wildfires affect Canada’s wildlife.
“It can affect their lungs, it can change blood chemistry, lower oxygen levels, and so then you can also have effects on the immune system,” Mitchell says. “Those sorts of things can lead to changes in the demography, or the survival, growth and reproduction of animals as well.”