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Post by anubiss on Sept 3, 2014 19:56:45 GMT 10
Was just watching the 7 pm ABC News here in Sydney, Wednesday nite, 3 September. It reported and showed footage of a Tasmanian Devil, apparently wild, frolicking in the recently fallen snow at Barrington Tops. What?
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Post by Thylacoleo Gal on Sept 4, 2014 7:33:11 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 11:05:06 GMT 10
Was just watching the 7 pm ABC News here in Sydney, Wednesday nite, 3 September. It reported and showed footage of a Tasmanian Devil, apparently wild, frolicking in the recently fallen snow at Barrington Tops. What? There is a Devil breeding sanctuary of 200 Devils at Barrington Tops in an attempt to keep a population free of the facial tumour disease. I would suggest one has escaped. |
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Post by mingle on Sept 4, 2014 11:49:30 GMT 10
I don't know why they don't just start a program of mainland re-introduction, as insurance against DFTF.
Surely there must be dozens of suitable sites?
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Post by molloch on Sept 4, 2014 12:10:50 GMT 10
Might have been filmed within the devil sanctuary itself, I imagine.
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Post by observer on Sept 4, 2014 14:18:27 GMT 10
I thought Wilsons Prom in Victoria was already confirmed as a site for another shot at holding the disease off?
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Post by Thylacoleo Gal on Sept 5, 2014 6:30:18 GMT 10
There is a Devil breeding sanctuary of 200 Devils at Barrington Tops in an attempt to keep a population free of the facial tumour disease.
I would suggest one has escaped. That was certainly true in the case of the Gippsland Tassie Devil roadkill. However, the difficulty is that sightings/kills/captures of Tassie Devils in Victoria go back for many decades. Personally, my hunch is that many (most?) instances can be explained as descendants * of escapees from the Healvesville Sanctuary, in its early days. But then, cases from the 19th century are hard to explain. Were they all escaped pets or whatever, brought over from Tasmania? *: Of course, "descendants" would imply a breeding population of Tassie Devils in the wild on the mainland. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 9:46:37 GMT 10
There is a Devil breeding sanctuary of 200 Devils at Barrington Tops in an attempt to keep a population free of the facial tumour disease.
I would suggest one has escaped. That was certainly true in the case of the Gippsland Tassie Devil roadkill. However, the difficulty is that sightings/kills/captures of Tassie Devils in Victoria go back for many decades. Personally, my hunch is that many (most?) instances can be explained as descendants * of escapees from the Healvesville Sanctuary, in its early days. But then, cases from the 19th century are hard to explain. Were they all escaped pets or whatever, brought over from Tasmania? *: Of course, "descendants" would imply a breeding population of Tassie Devils in the wild on the mainland. Certainly, in earlier days Devils were brought across to the mainland. I recall reading about one wealthy landowner from Tasmania who had 2 pet Devils that he took for walks on a leash. He was known to take them with him on the ship to Melbourne, where he took them for walks down the street! I'm sure others were taken by various people. Perhaps as pets. Controls were lax. Perhaps some escaped. Perhaps some were deliberately freed. We will never know. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 21:55:42 GMT 10
When I was a kid an old aunt told about when they were clearing land at Lara, between Melbourne and Geelong
I suppose this would be in the 1890 s. The farm went into production about 1901 or 2. She spoke of black panthers and Tasmanian Devils being present.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Sept 6, 2014 16:39:55 GMT 10
Duh, whoops. it was me. deleted them  See if can fix  |
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If only I can find them ..
