Moving Tasmanian devils to this island has saved them — but it's spelled death for other wildlife

For millennia, Maria Island off Tasmania's east coast was a predator-free haven for ground-nesting and flightless birds such as the Tasmanian native hen, shear waters, Cape Barren geese and the little penguin.

"A survey was conducted by Parks and Wildlife staff about 18 months ago … and they found that all of the penguin colonies on Maria Island were empty.Little penguins are the smallest of all the penguin species. "We suggested that the outcome of this particular introduction on Maria would follow what has been seen without fail everywhere else in the world, and sadly we were right."A spokesperson for DPIPWE said Maria Island remained an important part of the Save the Devil Program to restore the wild devil population in Tasmania.

He called on the DPIPWE to act quickly to give the little penguins a chance to return to the island, which had been a rare, safe breeding spot away from feral dogs and cats.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Haha no shit, Mao.

We really do fuck everything up

davidghamilton1

davidghamilton1 Its incredibly short sighted that they thought anything different would happen.

davidghamilton1 This would have to go down as one of the most moronic decisions ever made.

Gee as if they couldn’t see that coming. Maybe educate your 24yr old “environmentalist” uni grads better before sending them off to be “wildlife warriors”.

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