Hope for Tasmanian Devils?

Scientists fighting a cancer that threatens to wipe out Australia's Tasmanian devils say they have made a breakthrough.

A contagious facial tumour has cut the number of the animals by more than half in 10 years. . .

They are the world's largest marsupial carnivores and only found on the island state of Tasmania.

Tumours spread among groups of devils through biting, and infected animals die within months of the symptoms first appearing.

Posted by David on December 31, 2009 10:46 PM