File:Thylacine-chicken.png

Summary
Thylacine Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) photographed in cage with chicken by Henry Burrell. Cage cropped out.

This picture was widely circulated and may have assisted in giving people the idea that animal was a threat to them. It is believed to be a cropped picture of a mounted (taxidermied) specimen posed for the picture. It became extinct in the 1930's. Bounties had been paid by the Tasmanian government from 1888-1909. Date: 1921 Source: www.rzsnsw.org.au/AZJun05%20trial/Freeman.pdf Author: Henry Burrell (died 1945) Permission: Public domain pre 1955 photo - copyright expired 1995, not renewed under new law. This image is of Australian origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired.