Everyone’s favourite Devil… The Tasmanian Devil!
2024: Throughout 2021, Rue Morgue Records sponsored 12 Tasmanian Devils. This was done monthly. The first sale of every month was donated to the Devils@Cradle program and each customer who happened to be the first sale, received a photo and bio of their sponsored Devil along with their order from Rue Morgue Records.
We ran out of devils to sponsor, but there are new offspring, so beginning in January 2024, we will again sponsor another 12 devils!
This was a huge success for Rue Morgue Records, our customers and, more importantly, the Tassie Devil!
We raised $600 for Devils@Cradle in 2021; we’re back in 2024 to do it all again!
For 2024, a random customer will be chosen on the last day of the month.
So, let’s kick things off for 2024 now!
Our 2024 Yearly Sponsors:
- November Sponsorship: Kirsty Howard $50 for Aurelia
- October Sponsorship: Scott Thompson $50 for Odin
- September Sponsorship: Mary Richards $50 for Zeus
- August Sponsorship: Stuart McGennisken $50 for Sabrina
- July Sponsorship: Steven Nichol $50 for Jem
- June Sponsorship: Jamie Kane $50 for Noah
- May Sponsorship: Martin Schulze $50 for Fandanggles
- April Sponsorship: Nicole Phillips $50 for Aroha
- March Sponsorship: Will Wright $50 for Manina
- February Sponsorship: Melissa Kingshott $50 for Atlas
- January Sponsorship: Jacinda Joy $50 for Barnsey
November 2024 Sponsorship:
Kirsty Howard $50 for Aurelia
- November Sponsorship: Kirsty Howard $50 for Aurealia
- Name: Aurelia
- Sex: Feale
- Date of Birth: 2022
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Gosling
- Father: Rowdy
- Offspring: 0
Golden girl, Aurelia is now two years old and has just had her first taste of breeding, but unfortunately she did not become one of our 2024 mums. Still enjoying the single life, Aurelia is now hanging out with her friends Squizz, Hermione, Trout and Manina in one of our most prominent enclosures. She is one of the more quiet ones in the group, but is more than capable of handling herself at feeding times, even giving Trout and Squizz a run for their money!
October 2024 Sponsorship:
Scott Thompson $50 for Odin
- October Sponsorship: Scott Thompson $50 for Odin
- Name: Odin
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: March 2023
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Aroha
- Father: Kit
- Offspring: 0
Odin, Son of Kit, has been hand-raised with his brother, Zeus. He is the wisest of brothers, usually hanging back until Zeus gives him the all-clear. He is a quiet but confident boy, who doesn’t mind a quick cuddle but prefers to just hang out at keepers’ feet instead. Odin is growing up quick, but for now, he is still loving the attention he gets on our Joey Encounters, Day Keeper Tours and After Dark Feeding Tours.
September 2024 Sponsorship:
Mary Richards $50 for Zeus
- September Sponsorship: Mary Richards $50 for Zeus
- Name: Zeus
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: March 2023
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Aroha
- Father: Kit
- Offspring: 0
Zeus, Son of Kit, is the sookiest sook who ever sooked (Translated: “sook” = “softie”/ “crybaby”). He was hand-raised with his brother Odin, and their human mum describes them as “cuddle-monsters”, with Zues being the biggest offender. He is always up for a snuggle and gets a little jealous when his brother is getting the attention. Zeus is growing up fast but will probably be featured on the Joey Encounter for a while yet – we’re not seeing any signs of him growing out of cuddles yet.
August 2024 Sponsorship:
Stuart McGennisken $50 for Sabrina
- August Sponsorship: Stuart McGennisken $50 for Sabrina
- Name: Sabrina
- Sex: Female
- Date of Birth: April 2022
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Bridie
- Father: Cub
- Offspring: 0
Sabrina is the sassy sister of the rockstar duo: Noah and Sabrina and is just as much of a rockstar as her namesake, Noah Sebastian. She is a confident lass, who loves pushing the boys around, and starting quarrels with other enclosure mates. She also loves chewing keepers’ shoes, and cuddles with human mum Sarah. She is currently one of our rockstars on our After Dark Feeding Tours, Day Keeper Tours and Joey Encounters.
July 2024 Sponsorship:
Steven Nichol $50 for Jem
- July Sponsorship: Steven Nichol $50 for Jem
- Name: Jem
- Sex: Female
- Date of Birth: April 2021
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Plasson
- Father: Diablo
- Offspring: 0
Jem has been hand-reared and chosen as an ambassador for her species, helping keepers educate our guests on the plight of Tasmanian devils. While her surrogate mum Renee thinks she can do no wrong, Jem very much lives up to the name “devil”. She is extremely confident, following keepers around the enclosures, often trying to give them cheeky nips on their boots when she thinks they’re not looking. She was also a bit of a nuisance during last year’s breeding season, continually getting in the boys’ way as they tried to engage with the girls. Her outgoing personality has also hindered her own breeding success, as a lot of our boys find her too much to handle. Regardless Jem has not been written off yet and may still breed this year.
June 2024 Sponsorship:
Jamie Kane $50 for Noah
- June Sponsorship: Jamie Kane $50 for Noah
- Name: Noah
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: April 2023
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Bridie
- Father: Cub
- Offspring: 1
Young Noah is as pretty as his namesake (rockstar Noah Sebastian), and just as suave. He is a massive cuddle bug with his human mum Sarah, and practically jumps into her arms for snuggles. He is also the best big brother, being very protective of his sister Sabrina, often sticking up for her when she gets into squabbles (that she starts) with her enclosure mates. Noah is currently one of our superstars of the After Dark Feeding Tours, Joey Encounters, and Day Keeper Tours.
May 2024 Sponsorship:
Martin Schulze $50 for Fandanggles
- May Sponsorship: Martin Schulze $50 for Fandanggles
- Name: Fandangles
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: August 2020
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Nala
- Father: Jaspa
- Offspring: 1
Fandanggles (a.k.a “Danggles” or “Daddy Danggles”) is the definition of a gentle giant. He is our biggest devil on record, weighing in at 12.8kg, but he is also the sweetest devil. He only throws his weight around when he as to, and will politely ask keepers for more food when he’s not satisfied with what he was given (and never throws a tantrum when he doesn’t get his way). Last year, he successfully sired a single Joey, Atlas, earning him the name “Daddy Danggles” and might be lucky enough to sire more this year. Fandanggles is currently one of our superstars on our 1PM Day Feeding Tour.
April 2024 Sponsorship:
Nicole Phillips $50 for Aroha
- April Sponsorship: Nicole Phillips $50 for Aroha
- Name: Aroha
- Sex: Female
- Date of Birth: 2021
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Penelople
- Father: Multi-sire (Buzz/Tommo)
- Offspring: 4
Aroha was hand-raised as part of our Ambassador Program and was once a star of our Joey Encounters. At three years old, she is still extremely confident around her keepers. Her keeper and ‘surrogate’ mum Pru is still her favourite – she even lets Pru giver her the odd cuddle when she is in the mood! In 2023 she went through her first breeding season, successfully producing a litter of 4. This litter includes the very popular Odin and Zeus who have taken the torch from mum, becoming ambassadors themselves. She has a distinctive wonder woman shaped white marking on her chest which we all think suits very well!
March 2024 Sponsorship:
Will Wright $50 for Manina
- March Sponsorship: Will Wright $50 for Manina
- Name: Manina
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: 2022
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Pup
- Father: Neptune
- Offspring: None
Manina (meaning “earth” in palawa kani, the language of Tasmanian Aborigines) very much lives up to his name – he is a very grounded devil. As a young joey he was one of the shyest in the litter, mostly only coming out at night once all the people had gone home, but he eventually started coming out of his shell and is now a quiet but confident and respectful young man. At only two years old, keepers have decided he is confident enough to be given the chance of breeding with some luck ladies and he is definitely a devil to keep an eye on this breeding season!
February 2024 Sponsorship:
Melissa Kingshot $50 for Atlas
- February Sponsorship: Melissa Kingshott $50 for Atlas
- Name: Atlas
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: 2023
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Gosling
- Father: Fandanggles
- Offspring: None
Atlas is our youngest devil at the Sanctuary, being just 6 months old! He has been hand raised as part of the Ambassador Program for Tasmanian devils and makes an appearance on our Joey Encounter, educating our guests on the importance of his species. He started off as a very shy, nervous little guy who only had love for his foster mother Gemma, but lately has become the biggest sook towards all keepers and runs straight over to them as they enter his enclosure to give him is morning milk!
January 2024 Sponsorship:
Jacinda Joy $50 for Barnsey
- January Sponsorship: Jacinda Joy $50 for Barnsey
- Name: Barnsey
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: 2021
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Boudicea
- Father: Line
- Offspring: None
Barnsey was born in 2021, he was the only joey in his litter.
He was hand-reared to become an ambassador animal on our Joey Encounter Tour, the transition to become an outside Joey after his lush accommodation with his Foster mum where he was fed quail and allowed to sleep on the bed, was a little hard for Barnsey.
He has been living in our Joey Nursery now for a few months and will soon be relocating into a main enclosure.
2021: Seeing as Rue Morgue Records is branded by all sorts of ‘devil’ insignia, we thought we would do our bit for conservationism and put our money where our mouth is. In short, we decided to Adopt A Devil and sponsor it to the best of our ability from the Devils @ Cradle Wildlife Park in Tasmania.
Devils @ Cradle is a unique Tasmanian conservation sanctuary located at the entrance to the spectacular World Heritage listed Cradle Mountain National Park. Whilst they concentrate primarily on the Tasmanian devil, the sanctuary is also home to the closely related Spotted-tail and Eastern quolls. Tasmania’s three largest carnivorous marsupials are all now threatened in one way or another in the wild.
The first Devil we have decided to sponsor is Neptune and he is pictured below. The cost of sponsoring a Devil for the duration of a year is $50 but instead of just paying a one-off fee and sponsoring just one Devil, we are going to take donate $50 per month until we have 12 Devils in our fold.
The very first sale we make each month that totals $50, that money will be donated to Devils @ Cradle and the customer who’s money was donated will be listed on this page AND we will send you the kit that Devils @ Cradle send to us with your record which paid for the sponosorship! Cool huh?
It is just a small way of giving and donating to a cause we here at Rue Morgue Records believes in.
Neptune is pictured below and was sponsored by Rue Morgue Records CEO John Raptis.
We welcome you to go ahead and sponsor off your own back if you wish via this link.
Subsequently, we will do so on your behalf with the first record sold each month. $50 will go to sponsor another Devil! It costs you NOTHING as the proceeds will be coming out of our coffers. You still get the record you ordered as normal, but you also get all the feel good vibes of knowing you have contributed to this cause.
January 2021 Sponsorship:
John Raptis $50 for Neptune
- January Sponsorship: John Raptis $50 for Neptune
- Name: Neptune
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: 2018
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Elyse
- Father: Quincey/Rocket (Multi-sire)
- Offspring: None
Neptune has been sponsored and named by Tasmanian biotechnology company Marinova.Neptune was born extremely late in the 2018 breeding season, making him one of the youngest two year old’s currently living at the sanctuary. Over the last few months he has resided in one of our main ‘bachelor pads’, more often than not, seen hanging out with his brother Gustav.
February 2021 Sponsorship:
Brian Fagan $50 for Macy
- February Sponsorship: Brian Fagan $50 for Macy
- Sex: Female
- Date of Birth: 2019
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Marley
- Father: McCauley
- Offspring: None
Macy and her brother Archy were both part of our Corporate Sponsorship program in 2019. Macy has been sponsored and named by Nev, Lyndal, Marlee, Cardie and Jemma Green. She’s very cute and was rather reserved when she was younger, but has started to take on a bit more of her mothers confident and assertive personality!
March 2021 Sponsorship:
Stefan Hughes $50 for Ossie Pickett
- March Sponsorship: Stefan Hughes $50 for Ossie Pickett
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Plasson
- Father: 2066
- Offspring: None
Ossie Pickett is one of our young from 2020 and has been hand-reared by our keepers. He is a cheeky young male, never failing to crack out his gorgeous devil smile. Ossie has been named after a local legend here at Cradle Mountain who apparently used to get up to quite a bit of mischief – our little fella is certainly following in those footsteps!
April 2021 Sponsorship:
Jaylee Dixon $50 for Diablo
- April Sponsorship: Jaylee Dixon $50 for Diablo
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Mallory
- Father: Seven
- Offspring: 8
Diablo is a very confident four year old male. Diablo was introduced into our breeding population at two years of age, slightly earlier than most other males, regardless of his young age, he showed strong instincts and has been given breeding recommendations again for the 2021 season.
May 2021 Sponsorship:
Darren Haar $50 for Woolie
- May Sponsorship: Darren Haar $50 for Diablo
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Squirt
- Father: Jasper
- Offspring: None
One of many joeys fathered by the very successful Jasper in 2019, Woolie has spent the first year of his life in one of our main display enclosures entertaining our visitors with his antics! He’s been sponsored and named by the fantastic people at Woolnorth Tours in North West Tasmania.
June 2021 Sponsorship:
Cesare Vallesi $50 for Boudicea
- June Sponsorship: Cesare Vallesi $50 for Diablo
- Sex: Female
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Jennifer
- Father: Grippy
- Offspring: One
“Boudicea” is another corporate sponsor courtesy of Christine and Derek Barnes. She was introduced to the breeding program last season, becoming a first time Mum to “Devlin”!.
July 2021 Sponsorship:
Tod Mackay & Sim Stewart $50 for Prince Harry
- July Sponsorship: Tod Mackay & Sim Stewart $50 for Diablo
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Ellaria
- Father: Chopper
- Offspring: 0
Prince Harry is a confident male being hand-reared along with his sister Juniper. He can be quite vocal and feisty at times, but will always come over to keepers and visitors for some attention.
August 2021 Sponsorship:
Craig Goodwin $50 for Mod
- August Sponsorship: Craig Goodwin $50 for Mod
- Sex: Female
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Mishka
- Father: Howard
- Offspring: 4
Mod is quite a shy little female around keepers, but this doesn’t stop her competing with the boys in her enclosure for food. She has no trouble letting them know who’s boss at the dinner table! Mod has turned 4 this year, making her one of the oldest at the Sanctuary and has been easing into her retirement life very nicely!
September 2021 Sponsorship:
Frank Aquilina $50 for Celestial
- September Sponsorship: Frank Aquilina $50 for Celestial
- Sex: Female
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Pepsi
- Father: McCauley
- Offspring: 0
Celestial is a very confident female devil who is celebrating her second birthday in 2021. She has been given breeding recommendations this year with the season commencing in mid-February. This will be her first season breeding and we have high hopes for her! She’s already shown us that she can give the boys a bit of a run-around when she wants to, so we’re making sure we pair her up with a male that’s experienced in this particular aspect of being a devil.
October 2021 Sponsorship:
Matthew Monaco $50 for Rayn
- October Sponsorship: Matthew Monaco $50 for Rayne
- Sex: Female
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Mishka
- Father: Tex
- Offspring: 0
Rayne is the oldest of our 2018 cohort housed within the sanctuary, and as a result of being partially hand-reared by one of our keepers, she is quite the confident devil! She often shows off her confidence on our After Dark Feeding tours, sneaking up behind her keepers to try to steal food from them. Rayne is the only devil here at the sanctuary with the less common trait of being completely black, with no white markings!
November 2021 Sponsorship:
Jacinta Vukovich $50 for Archy
- November Sponsorship: Jacinta Vukovich $50 for Archy
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Marley
- Father: McCauley
- Offspring: 0
Archy is one of our bachelor devils currently housed in the sanctuary. He was made available in our Corporate Sponsorship program earlier in his life and was lucky enough to be sponsored and named by the Archer family in loving memory of their husband, daddy and poppa, Wayne “Archy” Archer. What better way to celebrate his memory!
Archy is a cheeky little fella, often making an appearance with his brothers from other mothers on our Day Feeding Tours.
December 2021 Sponsorship:
Cassandra Hale $50 for Linc
- December Sponsorship: Cassandra Hale $50 for Linc
- Sex: Male
- Origin: Captive bred (Devils@Cradle)
- Mother: Mishka
- Father: Seven
- Offspring: 0
Linc is following in his mother’s (and uncle Chopper’s) footsteps, quickly growing to be one of the largest devils residing here at Devils@Cradle. Like his predecessors, he has also developed a fairly quiet and relaxed temprement, and is a perfect example of a gentle giant.
Our 2021 Yearly Sponsors:
- January Sponsorship: John Raptis $50 for Neptune
- February Sponsorship: Brian Fagan $50 for Macy
- March Sponsorship: Stefan Hughes $50 for Ozzie Pickett
- April Sponsorship: Jaylee Dixon $50 for Diablo
- May Sponsorship: Darren Haar $50 for Woolie
- June Sponsorship: Cesare Vallesi $50 for Boudicea
- July Sponsorship: Tod Mackay & Sim Stewart $50 for Prince Harry
- August Sponsorship: Craig Goodwin $50 for Mod
- September Sponsorship: Frank Aquilina $50 for Celestial
- October Sponsorship: Matthew Monaco $50 for Rayne
- November Sponsorship: Jacinta Vukovich $50 for Archy
- December Sponsorship: Cassandra Hale $50 for Linc