Postcard of ‘Tasmanian Marsupial Wolf’ – the Thylacine. Hobart Zoo c. 1928 (G.P. Whitley Papers Australian Museum Archives). AMS139/4/20/1. Image: Harry Burrell.

Peggie Bassett, 94, remembers seeing the last Tassie Tiger in captivity, Hobart 1936:

“Before you actually got there you could hear it … not barking or howling, just a low guttural sort of sound,” Ms Bassett said.

“It was in an enclosure — very small — with a concrete floor … just there, by itself, prowling around.”

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