Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease

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More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; a contagious cancer that has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as end

in Society, on the 24th of November 2009

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More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261999

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262009

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262010

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262005

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262011

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262004

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262001

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 262002

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261983

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261984

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261985

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261986

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261987

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261980

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261992

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261994

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261995

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261996

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261997

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261964

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

ID: 261966

More than 80% of Tasmanian's devil population have been wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Disease; DFTD is contagious cancer that scientists are only beginning to understand, but has spread rapidly through the population, leaving the devil listed as endangered. In December 2009, it was announced that the disease may be related a peripheral nerve cell, called the Schwann cell, which has led some hopes for preserving the devil, at least in terms of quarantine insurance populations. Scientists are trapping and monitor the animals on the Forestier Peninsula as part of a programme to control the further spread of the disease and to create insurance populations, such as the one pictured, at Taroona, near Hobart.

Devil Facial Tumour Disease is one of few known contagious cancers, and causes a tumour on the mouth of the animals that causes them to starve to death. The disease has spread rapidly through the population, with the devil now listed as endangered by the IUCN.

The night shots are are of wild Tasmanian devils, photographed near Arthur River, Tasmania.

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