Australia's Tasmanian Tiger wiped out by man: study
- Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 09.44
- Online news: Asia
Australian researchers investigating the extinction of the country's Tasmanian Tiger put the fault solely with humans Thursday, saying they had debunked a long-held theory that disease was to blame.
A stuffed Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine) is displayed at the Australian Museum in Sydney on May 25, 2002. Australian researchers investigating the extinction of the country's Tasmanian Tiger put the fault solely with humans Thursday, saying they had debunked a long-held theory that disease was to blame. The last known tiger died in Hobart Zoo in September 1936.
The last known tiger, or thylacine, died in Hobart Zoo in September 1936 and though there have been numerous unconfirmed sightings in the wild over the years since, it was officially declared extinct in 1986.
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