The news that Tasmanian tigers became extinct 80 years ago appeared in Australia

Tasmanian tigers, which have striped stripes on their back, were thought to be extinct more than 80 years ago but recent Australian documents show that they were seen two months ago.

Tasmania's Ministry of Industry, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) recently published a detailed document on eight cases of Tasmanian tigers seen in the past three years.

Tasmanian tigers, marsupials of a crossbreed appearance between wolves, foxes and big cats, became extinct after the last individual died in captivity in Tasmania in 1936. They have yellowish brown fur , sharp teeth and a human pocket, according to the Australian Museum.

According to CNN, despite rumors that some Tasmanian tigers still live in the remote wilderness of Tasmania, an island off the southern coast of Australia, there is no solid evidence to support this. Reporters see with the naked eye as newly published government documents.

Tasmanian tigers became extinct in 1936 on display at the Australian Museum in 2002. (Image: CNN).

According to a report in February 2018, two people from Australia visiting Tasmania were driving when they saw an animal with a hard tail and stripes on its back on the road.

The animal "turned and looked at the car several times" and they clearly saw it for 12-15 seconds, the report wrote. Both of them were "100% sure that the animal they saw was the Tasmanian tiger".

Another report filed the same month also saw a "striped cat-like creature" moving through the mist in the distance.

In 2017, a driver spotted the Tasmanian tiger near a nature reserve in northwestern Tasmania. He could not see the stripes because he stood about 150 meters away.

Most recently in July, a man in southern Tasmania, near the capital Hobart, reported seeing a footprint very similar to the Tasmanian tiger.

The Tasmanian tiger was finally kept and died in the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936.(Photo: CNN).

Today, Tasmanian tigers are still considered the "soul" of Tasmanian culture. Its search has been compared to investigations into the Loch Ness monster mystery.

In 2002, scientists from the Australian Museum even recreated the DNA of Tasmanian tigers, opening up the possibility of bringing the animal back by cloning technology.

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