Tasmanian tiger sightings raise questions about extinct Australian predator
5 years, 5 months ago

Tasmanian tiger sightings raise questions about extinct Australian predator

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CNN — The Tasmanian tiger, a large striped carnivore, is believed to have gone extinct over 80 years ago – but newly released Australian government documents show sightings have been reported as recently as two months ago. Tasmania’s Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment recently released a document detailing eight reported sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the last three years. One report last February said that two people, visiting Tasmania from Australia, were driving when an animal with a stiff tail and striped back walked onto the road. “I am accustomed to coming across most animals working on rural farms … and I have never come across an animal anything close to what I saw in Tasmania that day,” the report read.

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