Tasmanian tiger introduction theory into mainland Australia part 2. More discoveries 2026.

This Video/Podcast explores the two main players in the introduction of native species into Wilsons Promontory National park and if they had anything to do with Tasmanian tiger.Mr James Kershaw was the honorary secretary of the committee of management from 1908- 1946 Wilsons promontory National Park and also he was the curator of zoology at the National Museum 1899-1931.William Henry Dudley Le Souef was appointed to the committee of management at Wilsons Promontory national park in 1910 until 1923. Around 1902 he also succeeded his father as director of Melbourne Zoo, and held that position until March 1923, when he retired due to ill-health. He had been violently attacked and robbed in 1919[1] and never properly recovered.The Kershaw Connection with Tasmanian tiger is revealed in this video and also Dudley Le Souef connection with Tasmanian tiger is revealed.The launceston zoo curator McGowan had contact with both of the above and wrote to Melbourne Zoo in November 1906that “Tasmanian Wolves were almost extinct & TasmanianDevils [Sarcophilus harrisii] very difficult to obtain” (letterNovember 1906).McGowan, W. 1906. Letter to W.H.D. Le Souëf, November1906. Extracts cited from Ninth Minute Book, 3/8/1903 –4/9/1910, (meeting of 3/12/1906, pp134, 135). Royal MelbourneZoo archives, Public Records Office, Melbourne. In writing to the National Museumof Victoria, McGowan noted that “complete skeletons”from thylacines possessing “damaged or rotten skins” wereavailable, but that fine, entire specimens of the specieswere now almost impossible to find (letter 21/6/1909).McGowan, W. 1906. The goal of the committee of management at Wilsons promontory national park in releasing animals was to Quote James Kershaw 'to preserve native animals that are under the threat of extinction in their native habitats'.The Tasmanian tiger would of been a prime candidate for introduction but kept quiet from local farmers and they would of killed them due to the stock killing reputation of the thylacine.The link to the book i mention https://vnpa.org.au/wp-content/upload...