New hunt for the Tasmanian Tiger begins

This is interesting. Some Forteans are testing animal dung to to see it's from Tasmanian Tigers. I hope they find traces of them, we could use some good news for once.

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Interesting you post this! I was recently in the hinterland of Tassie, our family own land and a few houses there, and we saw them again.

Within the community (as spread out as it is) it's a well known thing that they live in the bush as most of us have seen them ^_^

DNA samples have been submitted but from what I've heard there has been no contact back since. Could be a good thing due to possible triple testing (or something lol) or they don't want to share the findings OR it's Wombat poo haha

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It would be awesome to find a breeding population.. That would so awesome..

The Bot

Fingers crossed I hope it's good news.

I hope they get some good news, though i wonder also if there isn't a bit of bushland on the mainland where they could be hiding

I've followed stories about these awesome critters for years. I SO hope they are still there and can be restored safely! Great find.

Lil

I am convinced there is a breeding population on the mainland. My theory is that the ones on the mainland are a different species and look more like a black cat. There are lots of sightings of large black cats in mainland Australia, far too many to not be real including an area a few miles from where I live. I have heard first hand reports of these from farmers working close to wooded areas.

They have different eating habits to dogs or cats, they skin the animal first (usually a kangaroo) then carefully pick the bones clean, much cleaner than any other animal can or even a butcher could with a knife. I have heard from a few people who live in makeshift houses or caravans (trailers) about their dogs getting absolutely terrified when one of them is outside at night.