This makes the
argument that the creature is extant in Tasmania. In fact it appears that the population may be
increasing which is improving the likelihood of getting excellent images.
At the same time
we have sound reason to think that the animal is also native to New Guiana,
also up in the hills. Thus this gives us
two excellent mountainous terrains to explore.
Once again the
animal is totally nocturnal and may well be the substantive cause of a range of
sightings in Australia proper. This
tells us though that the creature is fond of the hills and mountains and is
nocturnal and clever enough to avoid us.
As a carnivore
it is also certain to range widely for fresh hunting grounds. Thus night time observation happens to be
plausible inv the same way we often catch cougars. That is our best comparable..
Thylacine
Evidence Credible
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Thylacine hunter Mike Williams confident technology will provide evidence of living tiger
Tasmanian tiger hunter Mike Williams is confident evidence of a living thylacine will emerge sooner rather than later because of the growing popularity of crash cameras in cars.
Mr Williams, who led an international team of naturalists searching for the thylacine last year, has urged Tasmanian motorists to invest in the technology.
“If you live in an area where you think thylacines have been seen, then crash-test cameras are the go,” Mr Williams said.
Mr Williams, who is from New South Wales, has returned to Tasmania to gather more thylacine information and is cruising around the North-East and North-West with one of the digital video cameras attached to his car.
He is interviewing about a dozen people who say they have seen the thylacine, including farmers, trappers and motorists.
Mr Williams is also going over archival evidence and camping in areas where thylacines are likely to be, looking for evidence in situ.
“I believe they are still out there,” he said.
He said Tasmanian trappers had provided him with extremely reliable accounts of seeing multiple thylacines in the mid-1980s.
Many other sightings have been from motorists driving around the bush at dusk and night, including one from only 16 months ago.
“Post 1950, a large percentage of the sightings have been made by people in cars at night,” Mr Williams said. “That’s why crash-test camera technology on cars is so important.”
Mr Williams said the decline in the number of Tasmanian devils would have boosted the population of surviving thylacines, providing a greater window of opportunity for evidence of the animal’s existence.
Mr Williams’ search has gained the support of veteran thylacine hunter James Malley, who spent almost half a century searching for the elusive creature.
“I support him 100 per cent,” said Mr Malley, after meeting Mr Williams.
“All you can do is encourage these people.’’ –
