Although the thylacine population was no doubt affected by a serious unknown disease that ravaged much of Tasmania’s wildlife many years ago, by far the greatest decimation of its numbers was by man.
जिन जीवित प्राणियों को पकड़ा जाता था उन्हें तुरन्त विदेशों के चिड़ियाघरों द्वारा ले लिया जाता था ।