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The remaining population has been isolated on the island state of Tasmania, where it’s being threatened by a contagious form of cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD). The disease has killed around 90 percent of the population since it was discovered in 1996.
It’s estimated that fewer than 25,000 Tasmanian devils live in the wild.
In an effort to save the species, Australian conservation group Aussie Ark kicked off a breeding program more than a decade ago and released dozens of the animals into the wild last year in the Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary in New South Wales.
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