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Video: Cancer-free Tasmanian Devils returned to homeland

Video: Cancer-free Tasmanian Devils returned to homeland

November 25, 2015December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 2 Comments

The Tasmanian devil population has plummeted to around 10,000 from an estimated 250,000 before 1996, when Devil Facial Tumor Disease was first discovered. The disease causes large lumps to form around the animal’s mouth and head, making it hard for it to eat. “Tasmanian Devils in the wild have been absolutely decimated by this disease,” […]

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Five dead Tasmanian devils may have been poisoned, says ranger

Five dead Tasmanian devils may have been poisoned, says ranger

June 26, 2015December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Investigations are under way into the discovery of five dead Tasmanian devils south of Hobart as new research shows a decline in population of the threatened species is affecting the island state’s ecosystem. The carcasses of five of the carnivorous marsupials, including a mother with two babies in her pouch, were found near the township […]

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Zoologists hunting Tasmanian tiger declare ‘no doubt’ species still alive

Zoologists hunting Tasmanian tiger declare ‘no doubt’ species still alive

November 22, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

It had been considered extinct for nearly 80 years, but the Tasmanian tiger has been declared alive and kicking by an intrepid group of British naturalists. A team of investigators from the Centre for Fortean Zoology, which operates from a small farmhouse in north Devon, is currently in Tasmania hunting down clues to prove the […]

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Tasmanian devils to be released back on to mainland

Tasmanian devils to be released back on to mainland

August 26, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Zoos Victoria is to create a “halfway house” for endangered species in a new conservation strategy in which there will be a controlled release of Tasmanian devils on mainland Australia. A former Aboriginal reserve called Coranderrk will be used to release four of the devils, as well as 40 each of the Leadbeater’s possum and […]

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Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

August 8, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 5 Comments

The federal environment minister, Mark Butler, has given the go-ahead to a controversial mine that the courts halted amid concerns it could drastically affect the last stronghold of the Tasmanian devil. Butler said he had granted approval to Shree Minerals to proceed with its iron ore mine at Nelson Bay River in the north-west of […]

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Tasmania hopes foreign zoo breeding program will help save devils

Tasmania hopes foreign zoo breeding program will help save devils

June 25, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

About 20 Tasmanian devils will be sent to overseas zoos in an ambitious escalation of the battle against a deadly facial tumour disease that has ravaged the marsupials. The Tasmanian government has launched a pilot project that will see up to three zoos in New Zealand and two in the US take about 20 devils […]

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