The News Review:
- Tasmanian devils threatened by contagious cancer
- Lord Monty Earns Trip To Tasmania
- Fight to free last whale – Tasmania Mercury
- Up to 30 whales beached in Tasmania
- Protesters removed as logging begins
- Straggler tackles dropouts
Tasmanian devils threatened by contagious cancer
The Associated Press
But for any chance of success the fences would have to be completed within two years said Hamish McCallum the senior scientist in the devil rescue program. He predicts the devil will go extinct in the wild within 20 years. The Australian island state of Tasmania is the only natural home for the world’s largest marsupial carnivore made notorious by its Looney Tunes cartoon namesake Taz. Its Latin name is Sarcophilus harrisii or “Harris’ meat lover” after the scientist who first studied devils. Scientists had hoped to find a genetic solution to the disease through Cedric a young devil who showed signs of natural immunity in laboratory tests. But last month Cedric contracted a second mutated strain of the cancer.
Lord Monty Earns Trip To Tasmania
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The Strategic four-year-old broke through for his first win since he scored over 1200m at Flemington on New Year’s Day in 2008. Saturday’s 1200m race had a spectacular start with top apprentice Nick Hall injuring an ankle when his mount Tan Tat Jet jumped awkwardly with the grey’s head hitting the ground and Hall being dislodged. Hall who was kicked in the incident was taken to the on-course casualty room before being transported to Epworth Hospital for observation and X-rays on the ankle. Lord Monty’s win as $3.
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Fight to free last whale – Tasmania Mercury
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Picture: Department of Primary Industries and Water. Video: Raw Video: Beached Sperm Whales in Australia AssociatedPressTwo whales remain alive after mass stranding on Perkins Island The AustralianSydney Morning Herald – ABC nline – Tasmania Examiner – The Ageall 354 news articles.
Up to 30 whales beached in Tasmania
Sydney Morning Herald Australia
–> January 22 2009 Up to 30 whales have beached on an island off Tasmania’s north-west tip. The whales grounded at Perkins Island near the mouth of the Duck River at Smithton. Police were notified about 8. 30pm (AEDT) on Thursday a Tasmania Police spokesman said. “Police were unable to get close to the whales due to the location and tide however it appear there are approximately 25 to 30 whales beached at that location. The area is only accessible by boat” he said.
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Protesters removed as logging begins
Sunday Herald UK
Huge eucalyptus logs were last week trucked out of the Upper Florentine Valley in Tasmania Australia under police escort. The forest has been the focus of a long bitter battle between environmentalists and loggers. More than 30 people have been arrested in an argument that pitches the needs of the planet and local wildlife against the economic benefits of the timber industry. And though the logging has begun the protests continue. advertisementUpper Florentine an old growth temperate rainforest in the south of the state contains some of the world’s tallest trees and last year the United Nations’ World Heritage Committee called for it to be protected.
Straggler tackles dropouts
The Australian Australia
Tasmania’s redesign of post Year-10 education is seen by some as an experiment on an entire generation; by others as brave and inspirational. Languishing at the bottom of the class in several key indicators of educational performance the island state is taking radical action aiming for the top grade within a decade. Accused of using students as guinea pigs Premier and Education Minister David Bartlett has staked his career on turning around decades of failure. Tasmania and the ACT are the only jurisdictions with a secondary college system in which students undertake Year 11 and 12 in dedicated post-Year 10 institutions. While the system has its supporters it appears to have failed in Tasmania.