The Documentary "Devils on the Verandah" is currently in production. Produced and written by Debbie Thoy of Wizard Corporation Productions, It looks at the relationship between the Tasmanian Devil and Humans. It centres around the "Boomajaril Property" in the North West of Tasmania where wild devils interact with the residents on a daily basis. The Boomajaril part of the documentary is an extremely touching and often amusing look at these highly misunderstood creatures which over the years have been branded as vicious, smelly vermon. In fact they are quite timid, shy and rather gentle creatures by nature.

The documentary also looks at three people who work with devils or have dedicated their time to care for these creatures. We tell their story and find out what is being done to save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction due to the Devil Facial Tumour Disease which has wiped out up to 90% of Devils in some areas of the state.

We follow Department of Primary Industries and Water (DPIW) scientific officer Jason Wiersma as he goes about his duties of trapping and examining Tasmanian Devils for DFTD.

Another person we focus on is Geoff King. Geoff sacrificed his cattle farming business which has be run by his family for over a century, and converted his land on the North West Coast to preserving wildlife.

 
Debbie films Rum and Pixie at the Boomajaril Property
 

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