Sheep raisers who settled on the island of Tasmania in the early 1800s considered the thylacine a threat to livestock. Van Diemen's Land Company first offered bounties on tiger scalps, and the royally chartered company's records show thousands of thylacines killed. Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston. Green is convinced that some tigers remain and claims their population is actually increasing. Green adds that the island's large size and impenetrable terrain provide plenty of room to hide.
Devils devour all the flesh, hair and bone they come across while scavenging.
He also argues that if thylacines existed, there would be some hard evidence, such as road kills. Nevertheless, Guiler admits to the possibility of the thylacine's survival. In the early 1960s he himself found what looked like tiger tracks at the Woolnorth sheep station on the northwest peninsula. For his part, Holdsworth of the parks service finds large-scale searchers for the tiger frustrating. He thinks the focus should instead be on protecting existing endangered species.