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Conservation Project Goes Awry as Tasmanian Devils Start Killing Penguins Share Filed to:dasyuromorphs Who, me? (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images, Getty Images) A project established to conserve Tasmanian devils has backfired, as the carnivorous marsupials have been a little too successful in their new habitat. They’ve killed scores of seabirds since their arrival nearly a decade ago, according to the local branch of the Birdlife conservation organisation. The devils were brought to Maria Island, just a few miles off the Tasmanian coast, in 2012, in an attempt to protect the animals from the contagious facial cancer that was threatening the species. At the time, the Tasmanian government released multiplereports mentioning the possibility of harm to the shorebird colonies, which included little penguins (

Maria islandEric woehlerUniversity of tasmaniaTasmania parks wildlife serviceBirdlife tasmaniaGetty imagesTasmania parksWildlife serviceBiological conservationமரியா தீவுபல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் டாஸ்மேனியாபறவை வாழ்க்கை டாஸ்மேனியாகெட்டி படங்கள்டாஸ்மேனியா பூங்காக்கள்வனவிலங்கு சேவைஉயிரியல் பாதுகாப்பு