The Government is pleased to confirm that the Tasmanian Devil has been officially declared the State’s animal emblem after being proclaimed by Her Excellency the Governor Kate Warner at a special Executive Council meeting held late last week.
The Government has considered all of the public submissions received through the consultation period with the Tasmanian Devil receiving overwhelming public support.
Declaring a formal animal emblem provides us with an opportunity to recognise, celebrate and promote our unique native fauna, particularly the Tasmanian Devil.
This now brings us into line with all other states around Australia, as we previously had no State animal emblem.
The Devil is recognised across the world as uniquely Tasmanian and choosing it as our State emblem will help to promote the State around the world as well as raising awareness of the difficult challenge the Devil faces in combating disease.
While the insurance population program has been a resounding success we must continue to do all we can to encourage support in the fight against disease and to secure its future in the wild.
Having being declared our animal emblem, the devil will now sit alongside our floral emblem, the Tasmanian Blue Gum and our mineral emblem, crocoite. An official launch of the Tasmanian Devil as our new emblem will be held in the near future.
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