Tasmanian Tiger

Tasmanian Tiger

Owen, David, Pemberton, David

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Is it still out there? People claim to keep seeing it still.Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger once roamed the Australian mainland. Then confined to Tasmania for thousands of years, it was deliberately hunted down by settlers through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy, fussy, nocturnal feeder? Did the last tiger die in a Hobart zoo in 1936, or did a few survive in the wild? And did it really drink its victims' blood?


A number of Australian species have miraculously reappeared after being labelled as extinct. Perhaps the tiger is still with us. And if it's not, can it really be brought back by cloning and returned to the wild?


'Sweeps us along with wonderful writing as we meet a truly incredible animal that became the centrepiece in an ecological tragedy. Anyone interested in nature and the conservation of the diversity of life should read this story.' -Professor John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Author:   Owen, David, Pemberton, David
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
ISBN:  

9781761470394


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 November 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
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This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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Is it still out there? People claim to keep seeing it still.Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger once roamed the Australian mainland. Then confined to Tasmania for thousands of years, it was deliberately hunted down by settlers through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy, fussy, nocturnal feeder? Did the last tiger die in a Hobart zoo in 1936, or did a few survive in the wild? And did it really drink its victims' blood?


A number of Australian species have miraculously reappeared after being labelled as extinct. Perhaps the tiger is still with us. And if it's not, can it really be brought back by cloning and returned to the wild?


'Sweeps us along with wonderful writing as we meet a truly incredible animal that became the centrepiece in an ecological tragedy. Anyone interested in nature and the conservation of the diversity of life should read this story.' -Professor John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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Author:   Owen, David, Pemberton, David
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
ISBN:  

9781761470394


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 November 2023
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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