The world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian Devil, has been returned to the wild on Australia's mainland for the first time in 3,000 years. Actor couple Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky joined conservation groups last month to release 11 of the animals into a wildlife sanctuary
SYDNEY - The world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian Devil, has been returned to the wild on Australia's mainland for the first time in 3,000 years.
Devils, the size of a small dog and made famous by the fierce Looney Tunes cartoon character known as"Taz", were listed as endangered on the United Nation's Red List in 2008. Aussie Ark, which has worked on the programme with Global Wildlife Conservation and WildArk, has been breeding young devils and plans to release 20 more next year, and another 20 the following year."This release of devils will be the first of many," he said."We've bred nearly 400 joeys, and we're at the point now that we're able to harvest some to return to the wild.
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