Many people are concerned that fire is destructive to animals but the deaths of animals are rare.
Animals are a product of their habitat, which is often the product of a fire. Historically, natural fires have always influenced wildlife habitats. Fire is not always beneficial to wildlife, nor is it beneficial to all species. Such habitat provides maximum edge for feeding, escape, loafing, and nesting. Immediately after the burn, their numbers may drop 50 to 84 percent, but after the first growing season, they remain constant on grassland burns and increase on shrub and forest burns.