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Devil funding won't start until entire wild population is infected
In this report from the Sydney Morning Herald, Primary Industries Minister David Llewellyn is quoted as saying "I have asked my department to look at new, longer term funding options to commence next financial year" [starting July 2008].
In contrast, Professor Hamish McCallum reports that "we are not confident that we will be able to source disease-free animals from the wild after the middle of next year" [2008].
The report also notes that each captive devil costs about $10,000 per year to maintain.
(Currently there are nearly 50 captive devils in mainland breeding programs which, by this estimate, are calculated to cost $500,000 per year.)
Full article at SMH
Posted by: admin on 19 Oct 2007 08:38 AM.
Updated by: admin on 19 Oct 2007 08:39 AM
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