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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chowchilla" data-source="post: 1918090" data-attributes="member: 61100">That and the lack of Dingos. Dingos almost certainly put paid to the Thylacine on the mainland. Having said that, there are lots of feral cats in Tassie and they are having an impact, especially in the wilder west.Nevertheless, the Eastern Quoll, Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Tasmanian Pademelon, Tasmanian Bettong and a host of other species that are now rare or extinct on the mainland still appear to be doing well in Tassie.My worry is that foxes could still get established in Tassie. There is evidence of deliberate introductions in the recent past although recent fox roadkill is now thought to have been animals killed in Vic and brought over illegally by the wildlife authorities in order to get more funding for the fox eradication programme (and by inference keep them in a job). I don't know if this is true, but I wouldn't be overly surprised. Devil populations have crashed because of the face tumour epidemic, so the odds have changed. It would be very sad if some idiot changes the odds permanently by deliberate introduction.</blockquote>