Tasmanian Tigers Still Alive?

The Evening Standard and News 24 have articles saying about Tasmanian Tiger sightings on the Australian mainland, close to Melbourne.

The tiger, or Thylacine as it is also known, was a marsupial wolf with distinctive tiger like stripes, and was last thought to have lived on the mainland 2,000 years ago. After that it held on in Tasmania until the 1930's when the last one died in Hobart Zoo. Because of the 50 year rule, as no other tigers have been found, the species is officially extinct.

If you want more information on the tiger, I suggest a copy of The Last Tasmanian Tiger by Robert Paddle. There is a also a stuffed tiger on display at the Natural History Museum in London.

I wish the reports were true, but sadly I think they are a case of mistaken identity.