The Australian Reptile Park and Devil Ark are preparing to return Tasmanian Devils from their breeding program to the TasmanForestier Peninsulas in November.
The latest generation of four-month old Devil joeys was revealed at the program’s Barrington Tops site on Monday, September 7 to coincide with Threatened Species Day. Devil Ark is home to over 150 Tasmanian Devils that will eventually return to Tasmania. The Australian Reptile Park and Devil Ark are part of a national breeding program to save the species from extinction. Currently classified as endangered, the Tasmanian Devil is under threat from a transmissible disease called Devil Facial Tumour Disease which has reduced the wild population to less than 90 per cent in some areas.
Media release,
Sep 3, 2015
Jennifer Croes, Devil Ark