Tails of the Tassie Tiger

Melissa Mobbs
Updated July 17 2016 - 8:48am, first published July 16 2016 - 6:00am
TASMANIAN HISTORY: An image of the last known Tasmanian Tiger, commonly known as "Benjamin", at the Hobart Zoo around 1933, photographed by HJ King. 
The image was taken around three years before "Benjamin" died in captivity on September 7, 1936. The Tasmanian Tiger was then declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1982 and by the Tasmanian government in 1986. PICTURE: Courtesy of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk.
TASMANIAN HISTORY: An image of the last known Tasmanian Tiger, commonly known as "Benjamin", at the Hobart Zoo around 1933, photographed by HJ King. The image was taken around three years before "Benjamin" died in captivity on September 7, 1936. The Tasmanian Tiger was then declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1982 and by the Tasmanian government in 1986. PICTURE: Courtesy of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Inveresk.

On July 10, 1936, the Tasmanian Government declared the Thylacine a protected species, and shortly after the last known of its kind died in captivity.

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Melissa Mobbs

Melissa Mobbs

Deputy Editor

A journalist with more than a decade of experience, Melissa Mobbs currently works as the Deputy Editor for The Examiner Newspaper in Launceston, and has a strong background in reporting on crime and the justice system. Send tips to Melissa.Mobbs@examiner.com.au or on Twitter via @melissamobbs.

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