{"product_id":"tasmanian-tiger-the-tragic-story-of-the-thylacine-9781761470394","title":"Tasmanian Tiger: The Tragic Story of the Thylacine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe tragic story of how ignorance, fear and lack of care led to the disappearance of the famous Tasmanian tiger. This updated edition includes the latest research on whether it could ever be cloned and returned to the wild.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs it still out there? \u003c\/i\u003ePeople claim to keep seeing it still. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger roamed the Australian mainland. Then confined to Tasmania for thousands of years, it was deliberately hunted down by settlers through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy and fussy nocturnal feeder? Did the last tiger die in a Hobart zoo in 1936, or did a few survive in the wild? And did it really drink its victims' blood? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A number of Australian species have miraculously reappeared after being labelled as extinct. Perhaps the tiger is still with us. And if it's not, can it really be brought back by cloning and returned to the wild? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Sweeps us along with wonderful writing as we meet a truly incredible animal that became the centrepiece in an ecological tragedy. Anyone interested in nature and the conservation of the diversity of life should read this story.' - \u003cb\u003eProfessor John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Owen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 19 fiction and nonfiction titles, including\u003ci\u003e Tasmanian Devil \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShark: In peril in the sea\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the Official Secretary of the Governor of Tasmania. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Pemberton\u003c\/b\u003e is a wildlife biologist and former manager of the Tasmanian Government's Save the Tasmanian Devil Program. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSaving the Tasmanian Devil, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-author with David Owen of \u003ci\u003eTasmanian Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903725998354,"sku":"9781761470394","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_95afcfe7-239b-4aa9-beb6-ba2b8271e109.jpg?v=1738504762","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tasmanian-tiger-the-tragic-story-of-the-thylacine-9781761470394","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}