Report Suggests Cancer in Tasmanian Devils (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_sc/australia_tasmanian_devils"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060202/capt.syd10902020704.australia_tasmanian_devils_syd109.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=Nesv0b3vVSWXTo1e4z_0vQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this undated handout photo from Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, a Tasmanian Devil is seen suffering from a deadly disease that is driving the carnivorous marsupial toward possible extinction. Researchers estimate the wild population has fallen from 140,000 in the 1990s to 80,000 due to Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a mystery illness that creates grotesque tumors on the animals' snouts that lead to starvation within a year. (AP Photo/Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - A mysterious illness that has killed tens of thousands of Tasmanian devils is caused by cancerous tumors that are spread by ferocious squabbling among the carnivorous marsupials, according to research published Thursday.</p><br clear=all>