Searching for the Tassie Tiger
- Episode aired Oct 29, 2021
- 28m
Tassie tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, were thought to have become extinct after the last known specimen "Benjamin" died in a Hobart zoo in 1936. But new evidence and a growing civili... Read allTassie tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, were thought to have become extinct after the last known specimen "Benjamin" died in a Hobart zoo in 1936. But new evidence and a growing civilian movement are challenging that belief, with the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia (... Read allTassie tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, were thought to have become extinct after the last known specimen "Benjamin" died in a Hobart zoo in 1936. But new evidence and a growing civilian movement are challenging that belief, with the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia (TAGOA) boasting 10,000 members Australia-wide. VICE embeds with its president, Neil Waters... Read all