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Photo Gallery: Tasmanian Devil

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Captive Tasmanian devils such as this one at the National Zoo in Canberra, Australia, could be critical in the fight to save the species from extinction. A virulent, lethal cancer strain has wiped out more than half of Tasmania's wild devils, and officials are bolstering captive breeding programs to preserve a healthy "insurance" population should the disease continue to spread. Photograph by Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images