TASMANIAN DEVIL
Sydney Student To Search (N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, September 7. A Sydney University zoology student will hunt for the elusive Tasmanian devil, with the blessing of the prominent English author-natur-alist; Gerald Durrell. The Tasmanian devil, which is close to becoming extinct, is a small carnivorous marsupial resembling dog and wolf, and was killed by early settlers because of its attacks on sheep. The student, Mr J. Griffith, who is 23, hopes to spend three months in the mountainous bushland of southwest Tasmania, considered some of the most impenetrable country on earth. Mr Durrell, writing in the Australian magazine “Walkabout,” said he was impressed with Mr Griffith’s work and thought he had a good chance of finding the animal. The only setback to the planned expedition is a lack of money which Mr Griffith hopes to raise to cover the cost of hiring an aircraft for food-drops and survey work.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32396, 8 September 1970, Page 13
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