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Farmer Wilfred ("Wilf") Batty with
the thylacine he shot on his Mawbanna property on 13 May 1930. In
doing so, Mr. Batty acquired the sad fame of having made the last conclusively
documented killing of a thylacine. This photo was taken by Pat O'Halloran,
a postal mechanic from Stanley. The following day, the carcass was
sold for £5 to Wynyard animal dealer James Harrison, who is thought
to have sold it in turn to the Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston.
However, no thylacine specimen currently in the museum's collection has
James Harrison noted as its source. Note the dog's fear of the thylacine;
Batty commented that his dogs were so terrified by the presence of the
corpse that they did not go near the house for three days afterward.
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