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Thursday, March 20, 2014

CFZ IN THE NEWS: Tasmanian tiger tracker Mick Williams [SIC] returning to island for follow-up mission

Thylacine expedition leader Mike Williams, left, and expedition participant Rebecca Lang
Thylacine expedition leader Mike Williams, left, and expedition participant Rebecca Lang during a previous visit to Tasmania. Source: News Limited
THE quest for the Tasmanian tiger is set to begin again.
An expeditioner who led an international team of naturalists searching for the thylacine last year is returning to Tasmania on Monday.
Mike Williams, from NSW, will be back to search for the elusive thylacine and follow up eyewitness reports.
He will meet more than a dozen people willing to recount their encounters with the officially extinct animal.
The most recent sighting was 15 months ago, from a wallaby shooter Mr Williams said sounded convincing.
He said he believed there was a chance the thylacine was still out there, despite being declared extinct in the 1980s.
“I have no evidence but it is my opinion they are still out there,” he said.
“I wouldn’t be wasting my time and effort coming down if I didn’t think there was a chance.”
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    Mr Williams was last in Tasmania in October, when he lead the team from the Centre for Fortean Zoology.
    The centre is based in the United Kingdom and Australia and investigates “mystery animals” that are considered rare, extinct or undiscovered. The mystery surrounding the thylacine is so important to the organisation that it is featured on its emblem.
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