VIDEO: Tasmanian devil wild reintroduced

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Tasmanian devils: disease free wild animals transported

November 19, 2015 Last updated at 08:50 GMT Clock

A group of Tasmanian devils is introduced into the wild in Tasmania again, as part of a plan to save the carnivorous marsupials cancer threatens them with extinction.

Devil facial tumor caused the population to fall to about 10,000 prior to 1996, from about 250,000 when the disease was discovered.

A group of 22 creatures were the Devil Ark, a center for breeding and disease-free Tops Barrington, transported in the vicinity of Sydney, Tasmania

Diablo Ark Project Manager Mike Drinkwater, explains how the disease is prevalent.

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