While the thylacine ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ) is officially declared extinct—the last known captive specimen, "Benjamin," died in Hobart’s Beaumaris Zoo in 1936—a dedicated community of researchers, naturalists, and cryptozoologists continues to search for evidence of its survival. Among the most prominent and persistent of these modern-day searchers is .
Moss believes thylacines may have been included in these shipments secretly to protect them from farmers who viewed them as livestock pests. 2. Evidence and Documentation michael moss tasmanian tiger
He was sitting against a tree, suffering from hypothermia, waiting for a helicopter rescue. "I heard a yip," he told The Guardian . "Not a devil's screech. Not a dog's bark. It was a croak-yip , double-clap. I looked up, and there was a shape on a log fifty meters away. It watched me for ten seconds. Then it melted into the scrub. I didn't have my camera. It was frozen. But I saw the stripes, mate. I saw the tail." While the thylacine ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ) is