Gruesome Facial Tumor Disease Threatens Taz with Extinction

The disease referred to as “a contagious cancer”, ,, is decimating the population of Tasmanian Devils, leading experts to predict the extinction of the species in as little as 20 years.
Tasmanian devils have now been put on the Tasmanian endangered species list due to the decimation of the population by up to 70% in recent years. The cause of the die-off is Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a disease detected 13 years ago, which is a fatal condition in Tasmanian devils, characterized by cancers around the mouth and head. The animals generally only live for about three months after contracting the disease.
The tumors are first seen in and around the mouth as small lesions, which develop into large tumors around the face and neck. The disease is extremely unusual, as it is only one of three