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    decreasing in population since the year 1998. The Tasmanian devil only lives in the country Tasmania. Recently scientists have noticed that the devils have been suffering from a deadly disease called devil facial tumor disease. The tumor forms on the animals face or neck and causes them to not be able to eat or drink. The disease was first reported on the animals in 1998 in the north eastern region of Tasmania. Recent studies show that the devils have been fighting back! A new strain of DNA in

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    GROUP LIMITED ANALYSIS TASSAL MARKETING Seafood processing industry in Australia deals with processing of seafood apart from catching. One of the major player in this industry is Tassal Group Limited located in Tasmania. Tassal is a world leading company in Salmon production. It deals with hatching, farming, processing as well as sales and marketing of Salmon fish making it largest Salmon fish producer in Australia. For long Tassal has been on a journey of sustainability

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    world the need to protect our ever fading species diversity. The tasmanian tiger is also known as the tasmanian wolf or thylacine, and its binomial nomenclature is Thylacinus cynocephalus. Thylacine roamed throughout Tasmania, which is an island off of the coast of Australia; Tasmania displays the characteristics of a cool, temperate rainforest (Parks & Wildlife Service). These creatures presented a unique combination of characteristics; stripes glided down the their lower backs, their tails were

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    For example, if the Federal Liberal party needed preferences in marginal seats in Tasmania, a deal could be negotiated with the Greens, which could see protection of the old growth forest areas of the state. In reality this can backfire, as it did for the Labor party during the 2004 Federal election. Latham and the Labor party stated they

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    like that of a transplant, and once the cancer cell has entered the devil’s body, it develops the mechanism to go through and resist the attacks of the immune system. For this particular reason, a proper vaccine as not been discovered yet and the Tasmania devils have no actual cure to save them from this widespread disease. The Allograft theory has not been confirmed to be the case yet as it does not apply to the rules of normal cancerous cells and diseases sparked from those cells. However, once

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    Northern, South Australia. 2. Lake Eyre, South Australia. 3. Pink Lake, Western Australia. 4. Murray River, New South Wales. 5. Flinder River, Queenland. 6. South Esk River, Tusmania. 7. Blue Mountain, New South Wales. 8. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. 9. Snowy Mountain, New South Wales. 10. Strzelecki Desert, New South Wales, Queenland, South Australia. 11. Great Vitoria Desert, Western Australia, South Australia. 12. Great Sandy Desert, North of Western Australia. 13. Western Australia

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    Soft Release Program

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    Conservation is the act of preservation of nature, it includes the conservation of animals and their habitats (Cambridge Dictionary). Animals are being conserved because humans are increasing the natural rate of extinction, resulting in animals becoming endangered before they would be naturally (Jowit, 2010). There are many conservation programs dedicated to helping slow down and reduce the rate of extinction. Some of these programs aim to preserve the natural habitats of animals and other programs

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    peers and anyone interested in the hunting community because, the movie represents the key skills to become a great hunter such as scouting, tracking, and patients. In the 2012 Australian film, The Hunter, that is set in the mysterious forest of Tasmania, William Dafoe, an actor that plays the hunter, Martin, in this daring movie and claims was sent to the small town from “the university” for a field study on the behaviors of the Tasmanian Tiger. Throughout the movie he is staying in the Armstrong

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    Introduction: What is Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease?  Identified in 1996 the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) is the growth of fatal tumours on the faces of Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), specifically the mouth and teeth. (Hamede RK, McCallum H & Jones M, 2013)  Affecting the largest carnivorous marsupial alive (Beeton N & McCallum H, 2011) the tumour cells are transmitted through the biting of one Devil to another either in attack to access food first, or predominantly

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    Flinders River Queensland 6. River Murray New South Wales/South Australia 7. Gibson Western Australia 8. Little sandy Western Australia 9. Great Sandy Western Australia 10. Mt Bogong Victoria 11. Mt Ossa Tasmania 12. Mt Woodroffe South Austalia TASK 1 14. Located in the middle and, as its name suggests, the south of the country, South Australia has both coastal and

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