Extinction Sucks: Tasmanian Devils

Extinction Sucks is a unique co-production between WWF and Babelgum to bring high-quality conservation programming to web audiences.

The 6 half-hour episodes feature Australians Ashleigh Young and Aleisha Caruso as they raise funds for much-needed equipment to be used in wildlife conservation projects.

They then visit the projects to hand over the gifts and find out more about the threatened species.

Australians Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young enlist the help of a posse of “handsome devils” in this episode of Extinction Sucks as they join the fight to save the iconic Tasmanian Devil from a deadly disease.

The Devils - made famous in the Warner Brothers cartoons - could disappear within 20 years because of a horrific facial cancer which causes the animal to die of starvation. Scientists are baffled and are struggling to find a cure before it's too late.

Aleisha and Ash hold a “handsome devils” fundraiser, and persuade five hunky guys to sell kisses and cakes at a nightclub. They raise enough money to buy motion-activated camera traps which they then donate to the conservationists working with the remaining Tasmanian Devil populations. The cameras enable scientists to observe these unique creature and better understand how the disease is spread.

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