Devil@Cradle Tasmanian Devil Sanctuary is a wildlife conservation park
located at Cradle Mountain near the entrance of the World Heritage area
of the Cradle Mountain National Park. Their main focus is in Tasmanian
devils as well as other carnivorous marsupials like Spotted-tail Quoll
and Eastern Quoll. The sanctuary covers a total area of 10 hectare of
bushland with grasslands habitants and forest.
There is a Visitors Centre that displays some education displays like a
devils den that is visible from inside the Centre or from the outdoor
viewing deck. You can take a guided tour around the sanctuary and get
close with the Tasmanian devil besides getting some knowledge about
them.
Feel free to walk around the sanctuary and see the animals in their dens
playing, searching for food and sun baking. You will find adults, baby
devils and juveniles housed in natural settings.
Events at the park
At night, feeding tours operate daily at 5:30 pm. Devils are generally
more active at night and you will see them in their activities using
environmentally sensitive lighting.
The sanctuary operates a captive breeding program to maintain a possible
captive population in order to release and reintroduce them to the wild
at a later stage. The breeding program has so far been successful with
five devils raised in the first breeding season and eleven young raised
in the second breeding season. Some of these animals will be released to
the wild while others will be sent to other zoos and sanctuaries to help
in breeding programs. There is also a rehabilitation program that has
been running to rear orphaned baby devils and rehabilitate the injured
animals to release them back to the wild.
Website:www.devilsatcradle.com Email: info@devilsatcradle.com Address: 3950 Cradle Mountain Road, Cradle Mountain (500m before the
National Park) Phone: 03 6492 1491 Fax: 03 6492 1451 Timing: 10am to 4pm (daily) Admission Price:
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