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A frequently seen photograph of farmer
Albert Quarrel of Brighton, with a thylacine killed in December 1911 at
Fitzgerald, west of New Norfolk. The man visible in the background
is Harold Pearce, a well known thylacine trapper of the time. Initially,
Quarrel had wanted to capture this thylacine alive, knowing that it was
far more valuable living than dead because of the high price that zoos
were willing to pay for them (Bailey 2001). Restraining the thylacine
by grabbing its tail, he shouted for assistance from several other bushmen
that were working nearby. The infuriated animal proceeded to bite
him on the foot, then made its escape. Quarrel's dog, Crisp, pursued
the thylacine as it sought shelter from its assailants in a patch of scrub.
Quarrel and the other bushmen tracked the animal through the woods, eventually
cornering it near the Myrtle Valley Creek waterfall. After several
attempts to capture the animal alive proved unsuccessful, it was shot.
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