Immunised Tassie Devils released! Unfortunately ...

[Ian Thomas]

Released on Friday, road kill on Monday.

Saviours shattered after immunised Tasmanian devils die on Narawntapu roads
September 30, 2015
www.smh.com.au/environment/saviours-shattered-after-immunised-tasmanian-devils-die-on-narawntapu-roads-20150930-gjycen.html
Days after the first Tasmanian devils immunised against a deadly facial cancer were released into the wild, two were killed on the roads.

The animals, with microchips, were released only last Friday. They were found dead on roads bordering Narawntapu National Park in northern Tasmania on Monday and Tuesday.

[Isengard]

What a shame!

[mingle]

Surely, they should be releasing these animals into areas where this can't happen?

Seems a huge waste to place such (potentially) valuable individuals into places where they have a high chance of being flattened by cars?

Maybe I'm missing something?

Mike.

[Ian Thomas]

I suppose it's a gum'ment bureaucracy that's running the show. There's probly map on a cork board someplace with coloured pins marking out 'authorised released points'.