'Sightings' of extinct Tasmanian tiger prompt search in Queensland

[Judi Lynn]

Eyewitness accounts of large, dog-like animals in state’s far north spur scientific hunt for thylacines, thought to have died out in 1936

Elle Hunt
@mlle_elle
Monday 27 March 2017 22.57 EDT


“Plausible” possible sightings of a Tasmanian tiger in north Queensland have prompted scientists to undertake a search for the species thought to have died out more than 80 years ago.

The last thylacine is thought to have died in Hobart zoo in 1936, and it is widely believed to have become extinct on mainland Australia at least 2,000 years ago.

But sightings of large, dog-like animals that are neither dingos nor foxes have persisted over the decades, despite widespread scepticism.

Recent eyewitness accounts of potential thylacines in far north Queensland have spurred scientists from James Cook University to launch a search for the animal long considered extinct.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/tasmanian-tiger-sighting-search-thylacine-queensland-australia

[Sinistrous]

1. Wouldn't it be wonderful if these reported sightings were confirmed.

Thylacines were such beautiful animals.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Absolutely nothing like them. Fascinating.

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. . . In The Washington D.C. National Zoo.