给定一篇英语文章，将其中任何形式的被动语态转换为主动语态。
In 1936, the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity at Hobart Zoo. The species, also known as the thylacine, had been hunted to near-extinction by settlers.
Settlers had hunted the species, also known as the thylacine, to near-extinction, and the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity at Hobart Zoo in 1936. 

(The original sentence was already in active voice, so no passive to active conversion was needed.)