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On 7 September each year, many people stop and reflect on the fact that on that same date in 1936, Australia’s Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), slipped over the extinction line. Sixty years later in 1996, the Threatened Species Network founded by WWF-Australia and the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust, established National Threatened Species Day to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo.
National Threatened Species Day is a day when we shine a spotlight on all the Australian native animal and plant species that are facing similar fates to that of the Tasmanian tiger.
Sacred Heart College celebrated our iconic Aussie wildlife with the help of Chris and Taasha Humfrey and the animals from the ‘Zoo Comes to You’. The focus of our learning was understanding the threats our local and regional species face, and the actions each one of us can take to help conserve these species for future generations.
