Thursday, June 21, 2012

Saving Tasmanian Devils from cancer



Australian conservationists are beginning to accept that they are losing the fight to save an iconic animal. A facial cancer has virtually wiped out Tasmanian Devils in the wild. With no sign of a cure, a programme has been launched to breed animals in captivity -- and then release them once all the wild ones have gone. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Tasmania.

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