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The Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
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by George Stevens

The last known wild Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) was shot in 1930, and the last thylacine in captivity died six years later in the Hobart Zoo. The Tasmanian tiger was officially declared extinct in 1986,…

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Michael Soulé, Grandfather of Conservation Biology
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