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Marian Devil Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring
Legendary Tasmanian devil faces relocation or extinction |
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12 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Marian Devil Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring Legendary Tasmanian devil faces relocation or extinction Australia is working to save the Tasmanian devil from extinction. Plagued by a contagious cancer, the carnivorous marsupial is dying out on its eponymous island. Scientists have sent nearly 50 of the beasts to zoos and want to move 30 more to nearby Maria Island, a former prison site that's now a wildlife sanctuary. Whi ... |
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