Lewis Hamilton donates $500,000 for welfare of animals in Australia bushfires

recent Australia bushfires have burnt more than 6.3 million hectares of land across country and 27 people have died with New South Wales and Victoria have been hit hardest. During such difficult times, sporting fraternity has come forward to pledge donations for helping people affected by bushfires. latest athlete to join bandwagon is 6-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, who pledged to donate $500,000 (382,819 pounds) towards rescue of animals caught in bushfires ravaging in South-East Australia on Thursday

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F1: Lewis Hamilton latest Instagram post on Australia bushfires

35-year-old Mercedes driver put up a video of a koala being saved from a backdrop of smoke and flames. He wrote that it saddens him deeply to kw that over 1 billion animals in Australia died a painful death for fault of irs.

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F1: Daniel Ricciardo urges for a donation towards Australia bushfires

Renault’s Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo also took to social media to anunce his donation. He said he would also be signing and raffling his race suit from this year’s Australian Grand Prix to raise more funds.

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Australia bushfires gets support from cricket and tennis athletes 

Tennis and cricket stars spearheaded by Nick Kyrgios and Chris Lynn on Friday pledged support for victims of Australia bushfires donating cash for every ace or six y hit. Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal will also be making ir contributions by playing an exhibition match ahead of Australian Open.

Tennis Australia last week anunced a fundraising exhibition match at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on January 15.  or players to play in exhibition event are Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, Nick Kyrgios and Stefas Tsitsipas. vak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have also pledged to raise money for victims as well. Australia cricket legend Shane Warne also made a contribution to Australia bushfires by auctioning his Baggy Green cap. His cap was sold for A$1,007,500 (£528,000) to Commonwealth Bank.

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