Tasmanian Devil, more than 3 thousand years later 7 dogs were born in Australia – Corriere.it

That didn’t happen in more than 3,000 years. right Now Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard) Returns – at last – to Australia, where they appeared Seven dogs. Al-Jarabi – Also known as the Looney Tunes cartoon character Taz It was listed as endangered on the United Nations Red List in 2008.

The Tasmanian Devil has been reintroduced to Australia thanks to a conservation project that is finally paying off with the birth of these new specimens in Barrington, north of Sydney. As I mentioned before Reuters. In this area of ​​400 hectares in 2020, 26 samples of the species were transferred.

The operation was described as “historic” before Tim Faulkner, President of Aussie Ark (one of the NGOs that participated in the project, Ed) And is comparable to the American made in the 1990s Re the wolf in Yellowstone Park. “We have worked tirelessly over the past decade to bring back Tasmanian devils back to mainland Australia. There is much at stake here. We did everything we could, but if the demons do not multiply, it is over. This process will allow the environment to be restored and rebalanced centuries later. Destruction by other predators, “added Faulkner.

According to NGO experts, the children are doing well, and in the coming weeks, they will be constantly monitored to keep track of their growth. In total There will be around 25,000 specimens of species Who live in Tasmania and in 2008 the species was included by the IUCN in the Red List among the endangered species (Here is the card with the characteristics of the species). To cause the decrease, it would have been above all a facial tumor that only affects this type, known as Satanic facial tumor diseaseThis disease is claimed to have killed about 90 percent of the population since its discovery in 1996.