Thylacine "driven to wildest and most inaccessible parts of the island"
1934 CE • Tasmania, Australia
“Even in its present location it is becoming rare, because of the fact that it has developed a taste for mutton, to satisfy which it makes raids on the farmers' flocks. So the Marsupial Wolf has been driven to the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the island. Although it is accorded a certain amount of protection, the settlers show little mercy to the ‘hyena' or ‘tiger,' as they commonly call it . . . Though reputed to be ferocious, it seems never to have injured a man except when at bay, desperately defending its life . . .”
"Our Curious Animals-No. 14," The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931-1954) November 17, 1934: 8.
Image: Baker, E.J. Keller. 'Tasmanian "Zebra Wolf"'Thylacinus in Washington D.C. National Zoo. Digital image. 1904. Web.
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