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More tiger reports A TASMANIAN tiger sighting has been reported at Apollo Bay, bolstering investigators’ claims the thylacine has escaped extinction and is living in the Otway Ranges. Big Cats Victoria’s John Turner said the clam by three girls holidaying on Apollo Bay’s western edge helped corroborate other sightings of a striped, wolf-like creature in the district. “It came out of the scrub where a bush track was going into the bush,� Mr Turner told the Independent. “It just came out and casually walked across the road. They watched it from a secondstorey window for about a min-
‘Sightings’ on coast ute – all the girls had a good look at it.’’ Mr Turner said the sighting was reported last summer to his Big Cats Victoria website but was in line with recent sightings at Freshwater Creek. The Independent last month reported that an Ocean Grove couple claimed to have seen a large animal with a hyena gait, wolfish head and strange colouring on Anglesea Rd close to Blackgate Rd a fortnight ago. Melbourne woman Amanda Ketteridge has since reported seeing a similar animal near Anglesea .
“If it wasn’t for the fact Tasmanian tigers are extinct I’d think I just saw one,� Ms Ketteridge wrote to the Independent. A Mount Moriac farming couple last week reported strange sheep killings, with heads mauled and tongues eaten. The couple told big-cat hunter Michael Moss they also saw a panther at Mount Moriac five years ago and again on Barrabool Rd two years later. Mr Moss told the Independent sightings of Tasmanian tigers had been recorded as far back as the 1930s.
Freshwater Creek farmer Harry Cook has claimed sighting Tasmanian tigers several times, including in the past month. Mr Turner said thylacine sightings had been reported across the state. “Thylacines exist, they certainly exist,� he said. “We had a recent report from the Pyrenees where a farmer rang me and said he’d seen the weirdest thing – a dog with stripes and two tails. “This was really interesting because a thylacine is the only marsupial with a rear-facing pouch. It obviously had a pup in the pouch head-down with its tail sticking out.� More sightings – Letters, page 17
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BONZA BONSAI: Craig Leeson prepares a 50-year-old bonsai juniper for this weekend’s Picture: REG RYAN show. 108032
THE ancient and mysterious Oriental art of the bonsai will be revealed with a show featuring more than 100 of the miniature trees in Geelong this weekend. Bonsai experts will run demonstrations on the fascinating process behind the craft, with tips and advice for prospective growers. Geelong Bonsai Club president Paul Buttigieg said the show would include a “wellstocked� trading table of trained and semi-trained and nursery stock, along with pots, tools, wire and books. Geelong Bonsai Show will be open from 9am Saturday and Sunday at Geelong Masonic Centre, Regent St, Belmont. Mr Buttigieg said more information was available by phoning 5221 2896.
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