Tucked away on SBS Two (VICE) this week is an adventure which follows Neil Waters, a retired gardener who has commited his life savings to an epic two year search for the extinct Tassie tiger.
Tassie tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, were thought to have become extinct after the last-known specimen “Benjamin” died in a Hobart zoo in 1936.
But new evidence and a growing civilian movement are challenging that belief, with the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia (TAGOA) boasting 10,000 members Australia-wide.
The show follows its president Mr Waters as he edges closer to a tantalising “re-discovery, the search brings him hope and meaning, but we also learn the price of this obsession.
It’s on 9pm Wednesday night (March 2).
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