The future of the thylacine hangs in balance
1905 CE • Tasmania, Australia
“Truly, the future of the thylacine—if it is to have any—hangs in the balance, and may fulfill the prophesy made by an experience naturalist to the present writer—‘I have seen one and shall never see another.'”
Renshaw, Graham. More Natural History Essays. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1905. 232.
Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) - killed by Clem Penny, Archives Office of Tasmania, PH30-1-6303.