Searching for the Tasmanian Tiger

Imagine discovering that an animal previously thought to be extinct is not. That's a possibility that is about to be explored in Far North Qld Australia after reported sightings of an animal thought to be the long extinct Tasmanian Tiger. The last animal died in a zoo in 1936 but excitement is mounting that there just could be a population still in existence after some very detailed and accurate descriptions of a sighting. That the demise of this unique animal was entirely down to the arrival of Europeans to this continent is a sad and increasingly repetitive story that continues to the current day. The unequal struggle of animals to survive in the face of human population. Wouldn't it be amazing if the sighting reported is in fact the Tasmanian Tiger and it could be. Only this week there are excited reports of sightings of the Night Parrot in Western Australia where they haven't been seen in 100 years. I hope this new sighting is just as positive.

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