Thylacine poll

_{Monday 21st August 2023}

Thylacine poll

ABC audience responds to survey on whether extinct thylacine should be brought back to life

Scientists say they can revive the extinct thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, within a decade, but does anybody want them to?

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.