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A GERMAN visitor to Tasmania has taken several photographs of what appears to be a Tasmanian tiger.

The man's brother was in Hobart last week and showed the digital images to staff at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
He also showed them to Parks and Wildlife Service officers.
The shots were taken recently in the Lake St Clair region.
However, the German visitor did not leave any images for further study.
He has since left for Melbourne.

Last night TMAG marketing manager Peter West said the museum was unable to comment about the veracity of the images.
"All I can say is that the German was here last week," Mr West said.
"He was the brother of a visitor who took the photographs. There were images of a tiger in several of them.
"But the museum is not in a position to confirm whether they really are of a tiger.
"All I can say is that the photographs were brought to us. We don't have them and cannot comment about them."

The Tasmanian tiger is generally believed to be extinct.
The last tiger in the Hobart Zoo died in 1936.
Since then, there have been many reported sightings, but none has been verified.
Recently, a major project to clone a tiger at the Australian Museum in Sydney was axed because the DNA sample to be used was not good enough.

Bron: The Mercury
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12385481%255E921,00.html
 
THE Victorian man at the centre of the thylacine mystery was urged yesterday to release his hotly debated photographs for forensic examination.

The State Government said a letter would be sent to the man, urging him to "break his silence and make further contact with the state that the tiger called home".
This came as leading Tasmanian wildlife biologist Nick Mooney said the man's account of the sighting -- and two photographs submitted as proof -- amounted to one of the most convincing cases for the species' survival that he had seen.
But the fundamental question of whether the digital images could be authenticated came no closer to being answered yesterday.
Acting Environment Minister Steve Kons said the Government and all Tasmanians were keen for answers.

"I appreciate that the man has come forward and contacted the scientists in the state initially but we need him now to release the images for further analysis," said Mr Kons, adding it was equally possible it was a hoax.
It has been claimed the pictures were taken by the man's brother, described as a German tourist, while on a recent bushwalk in Tasmania.

Mr Mooney, as part of the Department of Primary Industries' Nature Conservation Branch, said he was in contact with the man.
Mr Mooney has investigated hundreds of thylacine sightings for the State Government and yesterday said this case was "particularly exciting".
"Even without the pictures involved, it was quite a detailed report as far as the animal goes," he said.
Mr Mooney said he would not reveal the identity of the man to allow independent questioning by the media.
Mr Mooney was part of the team of experts called to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery last week to inspect the photographs.
The team decided the animal pictured, though partially obscured, was unmistakably a thylacine.

Bron: The Mercury
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12404665%255E3462,00.html
 
Zijn die foto's die gemaakt zijn door die Duitse toerist al beschikbaar misschien op Internet...ben wel benieuwd....
 
Wat ik er van gehoord heb, zouden de foto's verkocht zijn aan een krant op het mainland. Ze zijn echter naar mijn weten nog niet gepubliceerd (helaas).
 
Wel vreemd dat het beest 66 jaar niet gezien is en nu er een foto van is
en die man daar rijk mee zou kunnen worden, is hij niet te vinden.
Ik ben bang dat het toch een Photoshop tijger zal blijken te zijn :roll:
 
Sinds de Tasmanian Tiger uitgestorven is verklaard, blijven de meldingen van sightings binnen druppelen, dus...
 
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