Tasmanian Devil Endangered
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Jake Warga
A deadly cancer threatens to wipe out Tasmania's most famous resident: the Tasmanian devil. Australia has the worst record of mammal extinctions in the world over the last 300 to 400 years. A quarter of all mammal extinctions worldwide since 1600 have occurred in Australia. Scientists say that without intervention, the rare Tasmanian Devil will disappear within 20 years. (Jake's Tasmanian Flickr photos).
Broadcast: Jun 9 2009 on PRI/WGBH/BBC The World Subjects: International, Environment
