Chris Hemsworth rescata demonios de Tasmania

A pesar de la diversidad de fauna que caracteriza a las tierras australianas, existen especies que se enfrentan al peligro de extinción como tantas otras en el mundo. El demonio de Tasmania es una de ellas y tanto las organizaciones enfocadas en la preservación animal, como el actor Chris Hemsworth realizan esfuerzos para evitar que dicho escenario se convierta en una realidad.

El animal obtiene su nombre porque se cree que es originario de la isla de Tasmania, sin embargo, en el pasado descubrimientos fósiles revelaron que con en realidad la especie pertenecía a la isla australiana, pero hubo de emigrar del país por la población de dingos que tomaron control superior dentro de la cadena alimenticia.

 

 

 

 

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Tasmanian Devils are making an Australian mainland comeback with the help of some friends! Actors and friends of @wild.ark , @chrishemsworth and @elsapatakyconfidential, helped release 11 Tasmanian Devils, to the wild, on September 10th, bringing the total released Devils to 26. They are among the first Tasmanian Devils to live in the wild on mainland Australia in 3,000 years. The team at Aussie Ark will monitor the marsupials in the 400-hectare wildlife sanctuary in the Barrington Tops through camera traps, radio collars and surveys to check how they are adjusting to life in the wild. The Devils have been given a platform to succeed - so stay tuned for regular updates on their progress and the 2021 breeding season! Tasmanian devils vanished entirely from mainland Australia, theoretically because they were outcompeted by introduced dingoes, which hunt in packs. Dingoes no longer occur in Aussie Arks protected areas, making it the perfect location for Devils. Dingoes never made it to Tasmania and the Devils thrived, but the island state, along with its Devils, now has it's own problems. A transmissible, painful and fatal disease called Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD)—one of very few known contagious cancers—has decimated between 80 - 90 percent of the wild population of Tasmanian devils. Aussie Ark, previously known as Devil Ark, is as committed to the survival of the Devil in Tasmanian as ever. As a part of the mainland disease free insurance population we've bred over 400 joeys some of which have returned to Tasmanian. Now we are embarking on the ambitious opportunity to rewild and rebuild mainland ecosystems. Aussie Ark is their lifeline! Support Aussie Ark and help rewild Australia! DONATE TODAY! Link in bio. So far the #DevilComeback is going well! #RewildAustralia . @global_wildlife_conservation . #DevilComeback #RewildAustralia #TasmanianDevil #TasmanianDevils #Devilgram #aussieark #conservation #saveourspecies #savingourspecies #endangeredwildlife #threatenedwidlife #extinctionisnotanoption #extinctionispermanent #australianwildlife #visitherethisyear #upperhunter #barringtontops #australia

Una publicación compartida de Aussie Ark (@aussieark) el

4 Oct, 2020 a las 8:00 PDT

Actualmente el demonio de Tasmania se encuentra en peligro de extinción por una enfermedad. Se trata de un tipo de cáncer contagioso que aqueja a la población de marsupiales y les ocasiona grandes tumores en la boca que al crecer les impide ingerir alimento. La organización Aussie Ark, encargada de proteger especies animales, levantó un proyecto que tiene como misión liberar ejemplares de estos animales en Nueva Gales del Sur, un parque nacional del continente Australiano.

En este proyecto participó el mes pasado el actor Chris Hemsworth en compañía de su esposa Elsa Pataky. Ambos liberaron 11 demonios de Tasmania en dicha reserva. La idea general es liberar de poco en poco a estos animales en un hábitat que corresponde a sus necesidades, pero monitorear de cerca con cámaras no intrusivas el desarrollo de los ejemplares mientras se adaptan a su nuevo ecosistema.

Mientras tanto Aussie Ark ya ha criado casi 400 demonios de Tasmania en una zona de cautiverio alejada del contagio canceroso que ha terminado con casi el 80% de la población de esta especie. Se planea liberar poco a poco a estos animales para su preservación y esperan que más personalidades australianas además de Chris Hemsworth sean partícipes.

 

 

 

 

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A little note of encouragement can help with a big transition! And Lisa, Lenny, Jacksen and Skittles are going through a big transition. They’re some of the first Tasmanian Devils to live on mainland Australia in nearly 3,000 years. Tasmanian Devils vanished from Australia because they were outcompeted by dingos, which hunt in packs, and then a contagious cancer decimated 90% of the remaining population in Tasmania. Kids, ages 5 to 10, can cheer on these four little devils and the #DevilComeback by sending them a devil-gram! ?? ?? The devils will need some dedicated supporters because they’ve got an important job to do. They are going to help restore the natural balance of Australia’s ecosystem, which has suffered the worst mammal extinctions on the planet. These carnivorous marsupials are ecosystem engineers and can help the forests and grasslands of Australia recover from the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires.?? ?? Follow our link in bio to download a #devilgram and send it to a little devil!?? .?? @aussieark?? @wild.ark ?? ?? #DevilComeback #RewildAustralia #TasmanianDevil #TasmanianDevils #Devils #Australia #Marsupial #ExtinctionEndsHere #EarthOptimism #ConservationOptimism #Conservation #Wildlife #LandDownUnder #PenPal #Devilgram??

Una publicación compartida de Global Wildlife Conservation (@global_wildlife_conservation) el

6 Oct, 2020 a las 10:02 PDT

¡Enhorabuena por la pareja Hemsworth!