Tasmanian devils have been born in the wild on mainland Australia for the first time in more than 3,000 years.
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Aussie Ark, inspired by the experience of returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park,.
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That same year, they brought 44 Tasmanian devils to Australia, where more than 390 cubs have been born under human care.
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Last year, scientists released 26 Tasmanian devils into the wild at the 400-hectare Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary in New South Wales.
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These 26 are the first wild Tasmanian devils in Australia since they were exterminated.
At least 7 cubs have now been born to wild devils, with the actual number likely to be closer to 20.
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Tasmanian devils are at risk of extinction after the population was hit by a malignant disease known as Tasmanian devil facial tumor.
DFTD
Since its discovery in 1996, about 90 percent of the population has died.
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It wiped out almost the entire population of the animals in the island state of Tasmania.
There are currently fewer than 25,000 Tasmanian devils living in the wild, although there were around 150,000 in the 1990s.  
However, in the late 1990s, they began to die en masse due to DFTD,.
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which is transmitted through bites and kills the infected animal within a year and a half.
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On mainland Australia, these animals were destroyed by packs of dingo dogs about 3 thousand years ago.
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In 2012, a small number of Tasmanian devils were sent to Maria Island, east of Tasmania, Australia in order to protect them from DFTD.
However, the population of little penguins, which in 2012 numbered about 3 thousand nesting pairs, has completely disappeared from the island, due to the devils hunting them.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: Before they were reintroduced, how long ago did Tasmanian Devils live in Australia?
A: 3,000 years [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d, b609d796-59f8-4f8d-bae5-b8fba31e76e6, 4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa, 473f6494-e5aa-4c65-aa85-147f7f68a238]

Q: When were they reintroduced to the wild?
A: October 2020 [b609d796-59f8-4f8d-bae5-b8fba31e76e6]

Q: What organization began reintroducing Tasmanian Devils to the wild?
A: Aussie Ark [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d, b609d796-59f8-4f8d-bae5-b8fba31e76e6, cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, 4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa, f8745eed-c8be-43a4-a447-160503a3e5ec]

Q: What inspired Aussie Ark to reintroduce the Tasmanian Devils?
A: Returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park, [4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa]

Q: How many animals did they start with?
A: 44 Tasmanian devils to Australia [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d]

Q: How many cubs were born under human care?
A: 390 [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d]

Q: How many animals were released into the wild?
A: 26 [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d, cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, 4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa, f8745eed-c8be-43a4-a447-160503a3e5ec]

Q: How man cubs were born in the wild?
A: 7 cubs [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d, b609d796-59f8-4f8d-bae5-b8fba31e76e6, cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, 4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa, f8745eed-c8be-43a4-a447-160503a3e5ec]A: ; Possibly as many as 20 [7f92987f-440a-44b0-a2ad-e5647c36668d]

Q: What disease has been decimating the Tasmanian Devil population?
A: Tasmanian devil facial tumor (DFTD) [cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, c200af56-d0a4-4a22-bf3b-61af5ba17ee2]

Q: How is DFTD transmitted?
A: Transmitted through bites [473f6494-e5aa-4c65-aa85-147f7f68a238]

Q: When was the disease discovered?
A: 1996 [cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, c200af56-d0a4-4a22-bf3b-61af5ba17ee2]

Q: What percentage of Tasmanian Devils were believed to have died from DFTD?
A: 90 percent of the population has died. [cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, c200af56-d0a4-4a22-bf3b-61af5ba17ee2]

Q: How many Tasmanian Devils were there in the 1990s?
A: 150,000 [cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, c200af56-d0a4-4a22-bf3b-61af5ba17ee2]

Q: How else were Tasmanian Devils destroyed?
A: Destroyed by packs of dingo dogs about 3 thousand years ago. [c200af56-d0a4-4a22-bf3b-61af5ba17ee2, cbd760e1-d9b4-483d-b64e-d3227fab2887, 4b0f3352-1377-4903-8894-51fe920e62aa, 473f6494-e5aa-4c65-aa85-147f7f68a238]

Q: What happened when Tasmanian Devils were sent to Maria Island in 2012?
A: The population of little penguins completely disappeared from the island, due to the devils hunting them. [e52a5829-ae25-4ef2-88b0-820f596658cc, 2e70580c-dc1b-49cd-a3bb-957f439e416f, 947ec1a8-fe1b-4eeb-b490-8c68b94f0a68]