Chris Hemsworth welcomes Tasmanian devils back after 3,000 years
the “Thor” actor explained to a 7News Sydney correspondent.“In 100 years, we are going to be looking back at this day as the day that set in motion the ecological restoration of an entire country,” Tim Faulkner, president of the environmental nonprofit, said in a statement.The Australian mainland was once home to the Tasmanian devil, before predators such as the dingo and humans all but eliminated the feisty creature. Relegated to the Tasmanian island for thousands of years, the species suffered another setback: a transmissible cancer called devil facial tumor disease (DFTD).