Monday, 13 April 2026

Tasmanian Tiger.

 I did a post on the Tasmania Tiger in 2016, this one or post is different, plus many new followers since then and of course some have moved on for various reasons.

The Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian wolf now extinct and has been for many a year was native to the Australian mainland and the Island of Tasmania and New Guinea.

Between 1888 and 1909, the Tasmanian government paid a bounty of 1 pound for every full-grown Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) killed.  For a juvenile or pup they paid 10 shillings.
More than 2,180 government bounties were paid between those years. It's estimated that at least 3,500 thylacines were killed by hunters between 1830 and the 1920s through both government and private bounty schemes. 
The last known thylacine was killed in the wild in 1930, and the species was officially declared protected in July 1936, just months before the last known individual died in captivity.

The Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) did not migrate to Tasmania, they were already present across Australia when the island separated from the mainland about 12,000 year ago.  They survived in Tasmania because the Bass Strait prevented the arrival of competition from dingoes, which likely wiped them out on the mainland around 3,000 years ago.

The Tasmanian tiger was blamed for killing the sheep, poultry and other animals.

A short video showing the Tiger.

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3 comments:

  1. IrmaMonday, 13 April 2026 at 00:39:00 GMT+10

    Hello Margaret,
    It is such a shame that this animal has gone extinct.
    I saw the video and the animal was quite stressed.
    I wish you a wonderful new week.
    All the best, Irma

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  2. Asep HaryonoMonday, 13 April 2026 at 00:47:00 GMT+10

    As far as I am concerned that the Tasmanian tiger was not a true tiger but had distinctive dark stripes across its back. It looked like a large dog with a stiff tail and pouch. The species declined after European settlement due to hunting, habitat loss, and disease.

    Big hello from Indonesia

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  3. MELODY JACOBMonday, 13 April 2026 at 01:34:00 GMT+10

    It is truly fascinating to learn about the history of the Tasmanian tiger and how it managed to survive on the island for so long. It is quite a tragedy that they were only officially protected a few months before the very last one passed away in captivity. Thank you for sharing these interesting facts and the video about such a unique part of Australian history.

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