In the video, Neil went on to add that they believe that the first image is the mum, the second is the baby and the third is the father. Waters also admitted that while some of the markings on the animals are ambiguous, but the baby sported stripes, a stiff tail, a hock, and colour, lending credibility to the Tasmanian Tiger theory. According to a report by ladbible , Waters started the Thylacine Awareness Group of South Australia in after his second alleged sighting of the animal in Tasmania's north-east.
Two years later he posted a video of an alleged Tasmanian Tiger in the state that caused quite a stir. At that time, Waters had told ABC Radio that four people in a house looking out of the window had seen the animal coming out of a creek and running through the front yard.
He had even claimed that there have had over 4, sightings on the mainland since However, it turns out that Waters may have had made a few too-tall claims. A report by Daily Mail 's Australia states that Mooney has concluded that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos, the animals are very unlikely to be thylacines and are most probably Tasmanian pademelons — a type of wallaby.
Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine, died in captivity in The animal was officially declared extinct 35 years ago. Zoos around the world began scooping up live specimens while they still had a chance, and there was a lucrative trade for the last few animals. The last remaining live specimen turned out to be Benjamin , a Tasmanian tiger held in a zoo in its native Tasmania.
By the time Benjamin was in the zoo, the Tasmanian government finally came to its senses and passed legislation protecting Tasmanian tigers. It came too late, though—just 59 days after the legislation was signed into law, a neglectful zookeeper locked Benjamin out of his sheltered area on a cold night, and the last Tasmanian tiger died of exposure.
The extinction of the Tasmanian tiger was a hard lesson to learn. We know we need to avoid manufacturing witch hunts against an entire species, to keep tabs on dwindling populations better, to start conservation efforts before the last living animal is identified.
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Waters told Guardian Australia in that he saw a thylacine in when he was doing work on his house and it walked past his bedroom window. It had stripes down its back. It was the size of a large Kelpie bigger than a fox, smaller than a German shepherd.
It appeared to be in good condition. This article is more than 8 months old. A screengrab of the last known moving images of a Tasmanian tiger captured in The Thylacine Awareness Group claims it has evidence of three thylacines living in north-east Tasmania.
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