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Tasmanian Devils Wipe Out Thousands of Penguins on Tiny Australian Island

posted by mrpg on Tuesday June 22 2021, @04:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the humans-again-at-it dept.

upstart writes:

Tasmanian devils wipe out thousands of penguins on tiny Australian island:

An attempt to save the Tasmanian devil by shipping an "insurance population" to a tiny Australian island has come at a "catastrophic" cost to the birdlife there, including the complete elimination of little penguins, according to BirdLife Tasmania.

Maria Island, a 116-square-kilometre island east of Tasmania, was home to 3,000 breeding pairs of little penguins around a decade ago.

Their populations have dwindled since Tasmanian devils were introduced in 2012, but according to BirdLife Tasmania, the most recent survey conducted by the parks department showed penguins had completely disappeared from the island.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 22 2021, @04:17PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 22 2021, @04:17PM (#1148062)

    WHY do they keep doing this? They never learn.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:31AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:31AM (#1148263)

    We. Humans did this. WE never learn.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:55AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 23 2021, @03:55AM (#1148267) Journal
      No. Some bureaucrats from Australia did it. After being warned that it might happen. There is no "we" here.