Drivers urged to be aware of vulnerable devils
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Scientific officer, Chrissy Pukk says young devils are emerging (ABC News: Fiona Breen)
Motorists in Tasmania's south are being asked to slow down to help reduce the number of tasmanian devil deaths on the roads.
Hand-reared devils, orphaned by the facial tumour disease, are being released on the Forestier Peninsula in a trial designed to test their survival in the wild.
Records show that about 20 per cent of dead devils in the area are killed on the roads.
Department of Primary Industry and Water, scientific officer, Chrissy Pukk says they are keeping close watch on the orphaned devils with GPS tracking collars.
"Especially with these very vulnerable and naive animals around with collars on we're really asking people to slow down, 'specially round the Forestier, " she said.
"But around the state because juvenile dispersal is coming up over the summer and there is a lot of vulnerable animals out there."
