geo Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Jeez, I'm sure the foxes would fit the 22 point checklist, or re-name foxes pitbulls and send the GCCC down to Tassie to get rid of them!! Just everybody will have to hide anything with four legs or it may get shot! :D Poor foxes, but everyone's right they don't belong here. Maybe the taskforce can do some work on the side up here in the NT getting rid of cane toads too, 'cause the government sure ain't doing anything to save native animals in the NT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy's mama Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My daughter recently did an assignment on Thylacines. All of the research pointed to them being extinct. A few unsubstantiated sightings on both the mainland and Tas, but no confirmed sightings, no dropping or other evidence. I hope they are hidden away somewhere just like the wollemi pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My daughter recently did an assignment on Thylacines. All of the research pointed to them being extinct. A few unsubstantiated sightings on both the mainland and Tas, but no confirmed sightings, no dropping or other evidence. I hope they are hidden away somewhere just like the wollemi pine. I would love to think they are still alive somewhere isolated and safe, but I think it's unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Pity it wasn't a Thylacine. Don't think for a minute that they're not around either! Don't know if they are in Tas but they are sure as hell on the mainland. Really? I can imagine there may be some black panthers around but hard to believe there's Tasi Tigers here with no photographic evidence. Mel. Growing up with a naturalist/ nature related author as a father, I have been witness to some incredible sightings in some very remote places within Australia. People can say what they will, but I know for FACT there are (or were within the last 20 years) Thylacines as well as panthers/cougars in more than one state of Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Growing up with a naturalist/ nature related author as a father, I have been witness to some incredible sightings in some very remote places within Australia.People can say what they will, but I know for FACT there are (or were within the last 20 years) Thylacines as well as panthers/cougars in more than one state of Australia. What I never understand with these claims is why doesn't anyone find remains. If they've sighted live ones surely sooner or later someone has to come across a dead one. Ever since I was a kid (so that's more that 50 years) I've heard about the black panters roaming the bush but never ever seen proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Pity it wasn't a Thylacine. Don't think for a minute that they're not around either! Don't know if they are in Tas but they are sure as hell on the mainland. Really? I can imagine there may be some black panthers around but hard to believe there's Tasi Tigers here with no photographic evidence. Mel. Growing up with a naturalist/ nature related author as a father, I have been witness to some incredible sightings in some very remote places within Australia. People can say what they will, but I know for FACT there are (or were within the last 20 years) Thylacines as well as panthers/cougars in more than one state of Australia. You have any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Pity it wasn't a Thylacine. Don't think for a minute that they're not around either! Don't know if they are in Tas but they are sure as hell on the mainland. Really? I can imagine there may be some black panthers around but hard to believe there's Tasi Tigers here with no photographic evidence. Mel. Growing up with a naturalist/ nature related author as a father, I have been witness to some incredible sightings in some very remote places within Australia. People can say what they will, but I know for FACT there are (or were within the last 20 years) Thylacines as well as panthers/cougars in more than one state of Australia. You have any pictures? Oooh yes please! I would love to see some pics. I still remember the saddest picture I ever saw of the Tassie Tiger was a dead one strung up and an man sitting proudly by to show off that he'd killed it. It was used as a poster for the World Wildlife Fund when they were first starting about 30 odd years ago and said "extinction is forever" When I was a kid I knew a man who'd seen the last one in captivity. I remember he said it was very restless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara taylor Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 It is so very sad about the tassie tigers. Wouldn't it be just wonderful to have someone confirm that they are still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigadog Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) We have foxes around here and in fact, we found a dead one in our paddock last week. He was massive! About the same size as our smallest Siberian Beautiful specimen and had obviously been eating very well hence the bullet wound in the back of his neck Obviously someone took offense to him being so sneaky. But now we have it's mate, a vixen I believe, screaming every night looking for her mate. Such an awful cry too. What I can't believe is that our dogs don't ark up over them The foxes have even been so game as to do their business right around the outside of our dog yards. WARNING: DON'T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A PICCIE OF THE DEAD FOX Edited July 16, 2010 by idigadog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Pokey- Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My daughter recently did an assignment on Thylacines. All of the research pointed to them being extinct. A few unsubstantiated sightings on both the mainland and Tas, but no confirmed sightings, no dropping or other evidence. I hope they are hidden away somewhere just like the wollemi pine. There were some (typically) blurry photos taken a while back by an aboriginal tracker up in WA, Google is being unhelpful with the site that has copies of them (from memory it was in Spanish) but it had a few different shots and excerpts from an interview with the tracker. It was quite an interesting story, despite how unlikely it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) My daughter recently did an assignment on Thylacines. All of the research pointed to them being extinct. A few unsubstantiated sightings on both the mainland and Tas, but no confirmed sightings, no dropping or other evidence. I hope they are hidden away somewhere just like the wollemi pine. There were some (typically) blurry photos taken a while back by an aboriginal tracker up in WA, Google is being unhelpful with the site that has copies of them (from memory it was in Spanish) but it had a few different shots and excerpts from an interview with the tracker. It was quite an interesting story, despite how unlikely it is. Hmmm...let me know if you find a web version I'd be intrigued to read it. Obviously I should be asking some traditional land owners when I'm up north!! ETA: The size of foxes here in suburban Melbourne is getting quite scarey, I have seen one between small and medium dog size in Doncaster. Edited July 16, 2010 by Staff'n'Toller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) My daughter recently did an assignment on Thylacines. All of the research pointed to them being extinct. A few unsubstantiated sightings on both the mainland and Tas, but no confirmed sightings, no dropping or other evidence. I hope they are hidden away somewhere just like the wollemi pine. There were some (typically) blurry photos taken a while back by an aboriginal tracker up in WA, Google is being unhelpful with the site that has copies of them (from memory it was in Spanish) but it had a few different shots and excerpts from an interview with the tracker. It was quite an interesting story, despite how unlikely it is. Hmmm...let me know if you find a web version I'd be intrigued to read it. Obviously I should be asking some traditional land owners when I'm up north!! ETA: The size of foxes here in suburban Melbourne is getting quite scarey, I have seen one between small and medium dog size in Doncaster. I managed to find this.. Somewhere in amongst the spam comments for Ed Hardy clothing and knockoff designer handbags, there was a link to the site that contains a scan of the full article and the original images. Edit- Found it.. http://thylacine.1979.ws/ it's the August 9th entry. Edited July 17, 2010 by PokeyLittlePuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voloclydes Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 idiagdog..... that's a great sight..... a dead fox. bit like the dingo that was not roaming our area and killing sheep and chooks. so my neighbour shot it and then called rural lands. she had sighted it plenty and got told she was a mental case. she asked em was it ok to shoot it if it was only a wild dog(as they told it would only be a wild dog not a dingo) , to which they gave her permission. it made the front page of the local paper too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemymutts Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) idiagdog..... that's a great sight..... a dead fox.bit like the dingo that was not roaming our area and killing sheep and chooks. so my neighbour shot it and then called rural lands. she had sighted it plenty and got told she was a mental case. she asked em was it ok to shoot it if it was only a wild dog(as they told it would only be a wild dog not a dingo) , to which they gave her permission. it made the front page of the local paper too! Similar thing happened down here, there was a dingo hanging around a friends property even though they aren't supposed to be in SA. Started killing sheep & the farmers noticed, it was eventually shot & my friend had been in contact with authorities but they had to send a 'specialised' team down to collect it & take DNA just to make sure it was a dingo. It WAS a Dingo, fullstop. But you know what govt departments are like. There were also 2 others hanging around but haven't been found. I do believe there are some strange things out there that we will never know about. But I agree, that would be wonderful if there were Tassie Tigers out there somewhere... ETA: So I'm glad they believed you when you said you saw a fox, if there can be dingos here, there can be foxes in Tassie, it's definetelty not unlikely. Hopefully they find it before it causes too much damage to the wildlife! Edited July 17, 2010 by lovemymutts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) this threads gone a bit OT now but I was searching for stuff about the tassie tiger and found this. I cannot understand spanish but I assume they're saying it could be a thylacine. To me it looks like a starving, injured (by the way it's moving) mangy dog, possibly dingo but it's so sick looking it's hard to tell. I actually wondered if it might be dragging a trap the way it was moving. Edited July 17, 2010 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 screaming every night looking for her mate. Such an awful cry too. It's mating season for foxes- they are driving us mad here with their noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 poor poor thing To me it ooks like a dingo in the last stages of sarcoptic mange .. dragging/eating something. The body/head shape does not look like what I have seen of thylacine pics. We often see foxes look like this - it's awful They have a bit of hair on the top of their head, and a bit on the tail- the rest of the skin is a grey bald painful mess... and they die not long after from infection/lack of the skin's ability to 'breathe' / lack of mobility horrible horrible way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigadog Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Oh my freakin God I was just up in the dog yards and the kids all took off a million miles an hour to the east end of our yards. I bolted around to the front of the house and what happened to be there, two foxes!! They actually screamed when they saw me and ran off through our paddock, along the edge of our dam and headed up towards the road. I was watching them and actually admiring how bloody quick they can run when a car came along and frightened them so they turned back into our paddock. Again, ran along the dam wall and then under our boundary fence into our neighbours property. This is the first time I've seen them here in broad daylight. Couldn't believe it! They will probably end up like their other friend we had dead in our paddock last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I am not surprised there are foxes in the Canberra region. I dont know that it's unusual for them to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigadog Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I am not surprised there are foxes in the Canberra region. I dont know that it's unusual for them to be there. It's unusual for them to be hanging around our dog yards in the middle of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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