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Calling on all schools and businesses to help raise funds through Black & White Day

We are calling on all schools, businesses and community organisations to get involved in Black & White Day. Last year Black & White Day raised over $20,000 which supported key research and management programs aimed at keeping the Tassie devil alive in the wild.
Published: 06/05/2013

Funding Boost for the Survival of the Tasmanian Devil

Wildlife parks in three states and researchers from Tasmania, Sydney and Cambridge universities and the Menzies Research Institute have shared more than $650,000 in grants to help save the Tasmanian devil.
Published: 25/04/2013

Devils breeding on new island home

Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, Brian Wightman, joined staff of the Devil Program and the Parks and Wildlife Service along with a small media group on Maria Island on Friday 19 April report on monitoring and confirm that a number of the female devils are carrying pouch young.
Published: 22/04/2013

Devils devour proceeds of crime

A rare feast is in store for Tasmanian devils, which are being held in captivity as an insurance against the species' extinction. They have been given the proceeds of a foiled crime - $2,600 worth of stolen meat.
Published: 28/03/2013

Encouraging steps forward in fight to save the Tasmanian devil

Scientists engaged in the fight to save the endangered Tasmanian devil have made some encouraging steps forward. New research is providing direction for the development of a vaccine for the contagious cancer which is driving Tasmanian devils to the brink of extinction.
Published: 12/03/2013

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Who we are. The Save the Tasmanian Devil Program is the official response to the threat to the survival of the Tasmanian devil. The Program is an initiative of the Australian and Tasmanian governments in partnership with the University of Tasmania.

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