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  • A replica of a stuffed thylacine in the Cascade Brewery behind the beer taps. The thylacine is also known as the Tasmanian Devil, which is now extinct.
  • The thylacine is on the license plates of the cars in Tasmania.
  • A preserved baby thylacine in the Thylacine collection at the Tasmanian museum in Hobart.
  • A thylacine skeleton in the Thylacine collection at the Tasmanian museum in Hobart.
  • Kathryn Metlock, the Curator of mammals at the Tasmanian Museum in Hobart with the thylacine collection.
  • Murray McAllister is a school teacher but any spare time he has he searches for the thylacine and is pictured here with some of his collection of books and prints. The thylacine is an unidentified animal killer.
  • Andy Von Duyke, a heron expert, paddling back from Peltier Island. Andy discovered a dead heron and broken eggs. He then set out on a mission to determine what killed the birds.
  • Brent Scheiwe and Bill Workman out on a boat doing a reconstruction of water testing.
  • Compost made from the sardines that washed up dead in King Harbor marina, Redondo Beach.
  • Brent Scheiwe, the SEA Lab Director holding a baby shark.
  • Jeff Perry, the Operations Manager at Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department. Jeff noticed that the heron colony within the park was massively declining.
  • Philip Jenni, the Executive Director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center with a raccoon in the foreground. Philip stands up for raccoons by claiming they are not pests, but that they are a misunderstood species.
  • Professor David Caron an Aquatic microbiologist. Professor Caron studies marine life and water quality in the coastal waters and harbors of California.
  • Joel Sniegowski, a tree climber, doing a reconstruction of setting up a CCTV in a heron nest
  • Amy Donlin, a local heron supporter, on the Peltier Lake side. Amy's father was the first to sound the alarm on the decreasing amount of herons in the protected colony.

  • Finding the Devil

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    A replica of a stuffed thylacine in the Cascade Brewery behind the beer taps.  The thylacine is also known as the Tasmanian Devil, which is now extinct.

  • Local Legend

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    The thylacine is on the license plates of the cars in Tasmania.

  • Perfectly Preserved

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    A preserved baby thylacine in the Thylacine collection at the Tasmanian museum in Hobart.

  • The Elusive Thylacine

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    A thylacine skeleton in the Thylacine collection at the Tasmanian museum in Hobart.

  • Museum Curator

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Kathryn Metlock, the Curator of mammals at the Tasmanian Museum in Hobart with the thylacine collection.

  • Mystery Investigator

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Murray McAllister is a school teacher but any spare time he has he searches for the thylacine and is pictured here with some of his collection of books and prints.  The thylacine is an unidentified animal killer.

  • Bird Hero

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Andy Von Duyke, a heron expert, paddling back from Peltier Island.  Andy discovered a dead heron and broken eggs.  He then set out on a mission to determine what killed the birds.

  • Water Testing

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Brent Scheiwe and Bill Workman out on a boat doing a reconstruction of water testing.

  • Sardines Second Life

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Compost made from the sardines that washed up dead in King Harbor marina, Redondo Beach.

  • A Small Shark

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Brent Scheiwe, the SEA Lab Director holding a baby shark.

  • Helping the Herons

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Jeff Perry, the Operations Manager at Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department.  Jeff noticed that the heron colony within the park was massively declining.

  • Standing Up For the Small Guy

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Philip Jenni, the Executive Director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center with a raccoon in the foreground.  Philip stands up for raccoons by claiming they are not pests, but that they are a misunderstood species.

  • Fish Studies

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Professor David Caron an Aquatic microbiologist.  Professor Caron studies marine life and water quality in the coastal waters and harbors of California. 

  • Heron Watchers

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Joel Sniegowski, a tree climber, doing a reconstruction of setting up a CCTV in a heron nest.

  • Sound the Alarm

    Photograph by Tigress Productions Ltd

    Amy Donlin, a local heron supporter, on the Peltier Lake side.  Amy's father was the first to sound the alarm on the decreasing amount of herons in the protected colony.

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