Tasmanian Devils Threatened; Australian State Plans Fence to Keep Face Cancer From Spreading

The Washington Post | January 25, 2009| | Copyright

Tasmania is trying to save the devil.

The Tasmanian devil, a ferocious, snarling fox-size marsupial, is in danger of going extinct because of a contagious facial cancer. In the meantime, its biggest rival -- the European fox -- is thriving, and it may become so dominant that the devil never comes back.

Scientists now want to build a double fence standing more than three feet tall to stop the cancer's relentless spread toward the rugged northwest of the island, home to disease-free devils and rain forests on the World Heritage List. Devils spread the cancer when they bite one another during ...

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