Black and White Day
Friday 16 May 2008
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It's black and white: if a Tassie Devil gets cancer, it dies. But you can help Australia Zoo and Nature Nic raise awareness for the Tassie Devil Friday, May 16.
Visit Australia Zoo on ‘Black and White Day’ and make a donation to receive a Tassie Devil photograph signed by Terri or Nature Nic. You can also go into a raffle draw to win a trip to Cradle Mountain in Tasmania thanks to Pure Tasmania!
Have a go at this! Terri will be available to sign autographs at 12:00pm in Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum shop!
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Black and White Day
It’s black and white: if a Tassie Devil gets the cancer, it dies, but you can help Australia Zoo and Nature Nic raise awareness for the Tassie Devil Friday, May 16.
He’s just nine-years-old, but Nic Bonnitcha, aka Nature Nic is doing what he can for the suffering Tassie Devil population by creating ‘Black and White Day’, to raise funds for Tasmanian Devils with Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD ).
“I would like businesses and schools to wear black and white on Friday, May 16 and make a gold coin donation. Funds will go towards the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal and Tassie Devil conservation projects,” Nature Nic said.
“There have already been about 200 schools and businesses register for the day. So I am just so excited.”
DFTD is having a massive impact on Tasmania’s devil populations with the disease being 100 per cent fatal. It starts out as small lesions or lumps in and around the mouth and quickly turns into obvious facial tumours.
Australia Zoo has four Tassie Devils on display, all free from DFTD and that have successfully bred before. One of two offspring, Jinki has formed part of the Australia Zoo’s education and conservation program.
Australia Zoo’s assistant curator, Amanda Brown said having a healthy devil population in captivity and using devils such as Jinki for educational purposes is integral if we want to protect this specie from becoming extinct.
“We’re seeing what our grandparents saw happen to the Tasmanian Tiger. If we don’t do something to help the Tassie Devil and participate in events like ‘Black and White Day’ the devils may become extinct,” Amanda said.
In 2007, Nature Nic raised $14,000 from last years ‘Black and White Day’ and hopes to raise more this year. Wooo-hoo!
Terri Irwin will be available to sign autographs at 12:00pm in Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum shop.
Visit Australia Zoo on ‘Black and White Day’ and make a donation to receive a Tassie Devil photograph signed by Terri Irwin or Nature Nic. You can also go into a raffle draw to win a trip to Cradle Mountain in Tasmania thanks to Pure Tasmania!
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It's Black and White!
Australia Zoo’s four gorgeous Tasmanian Devils took the spotlight last Friday May 16, when Terri, Nature Nic and hundreds of wildlife enthusiasts turned out to support Black and White Day.
The annual event was created by nine-year-old Nic Bonnitcha, aka ‘Nature Nic’ to raise awareness and much needed funds for Tassie Devil conservation.
Tasmanian Devils are an iconic carnivore and were once found all over Tasmania but the fatal Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD ) has resulted in a 20 per cent decline in devil numbers just in the last decade.
Wearing black and white, Terri and Nature Nic joined forces for the day, spending time educating visitors, signing autographs and raising funds for the devils! Australia Zoo’s Tassie Devil keepers also took the opportunity to educate partons about the fatal disease that is wiping out a species.
The day was a great success, with Australia Zoo raising nearly $3500 for Devil conservation! Wooo-hoo!
