Aussie Ark and Chris Hemsworth release Tassie devils at Barrington Tops: first to live wild on mainland for 3000 years

Helen Gregory
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:41pm, first published October 5 2020 - 8:00am

The Tasmanian devil is back in the wild on the Australian mainland for the first time in 3000 years, as part of a campaign that is intended to "rewild" the country, which has the world's worst mammal extinction rate.

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Helen Gregory

Helen Gregory

Journalist

Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.