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Farmer Wilfred ("Wilf") Batty with
the thylacine he shot after seeing it kill poultry on his Mawbanna property
around noon on Tuesday, 6 May 1930. The thylacine (a male) was killed
with one shot to the shoulder and took around 20 minutes to die.
Batty has since acquired the notorious distinction of having made the last
documented thylacine kill. This photograph was taken by Pat O'Halloran,
a postal mechanic from Stanley. The following day, the carcass was
sold to the animal dealer James Harrison of Wynyard for £5 who in
turn, according to Batty, sold it to the Hobart Museum where the body was
prepared for taxidermy before being sent on tour around Australia (Anon.
1980). The present location of the taxidermy is unknown.
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 afterwards.
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