Tasmanian tiger-thylacine search mainland Australia 2025 and 2026.Environmental DNA.

Earlier today on a freezing Winters morning in a secret location on mainland Australia, i spent four hours strategically placing 7 trail cameras in a known location of alleged Tasmanian tiger and big cat sightings in the past .The location of the 7 cameras are kept secret to protect the 7 cameras from theft etc. My Tasmanian tiger footage i took in November 1998 in South Gippsland in the state of...

Department of Biodiversity,Conservation and Attractions Office of the Director General. Mr Michael Moss panther1966@live.com.au. Dear Mr Moss ENVIRONMENTAL eDNA OFFICIAL. I refer to your email dated 13 November 2025 to the Minister for the Environment ,Hon Matthew Swinbourn MLC regarding environmental DNA. The Minister has asked that I respond on his behalf. I appreciate your interest in this tech...

DNP EA  Reply  Reply all  Forward  To:​You​Fri 22/08/2025 9:38 AM OFFICIAL Dear Michael,  Thank you for contacting the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.  Under the  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999  (EPBC Act), the Director of National Parks is responsible for Commonwealth reserves. These include six national parks, the Australian N...

Hi there Michael,Please see below replies from department senior officers:Flaura/Fauna Division from Department of Lands, Planning and Environment reply as below -Hi Ian,The Department of Lands,Planning and Environment has trialed eDNA as a sampling method across multiple projects. Heres a recent example -Territory stories-Environmental DNA[eDNA] trial Rapid Creek. In the NT,I am not aware of any...

The Queensland state Government conservation department on mainland Australia have confirmed they are not using Environmental Dna to screen for species including Tasmanian tiger/Thylacine i contacted them this week. This video includes two replies from two departments on this issue from Queensland's state government. https://www.envirodna.com/resources/n...

Adrian Pinderadrian.pinder@dbca.wa.gov.au​You​DBCA Enquiries​OFFICIALHi Michael. Thankyou for your enquiry with the department on 10 Jun. DBCA is using eDNA technologies to survey and monitor threatened species in Western Australia, although most projects are in methodological development or pilot study stages at this time. This research is undertaken by our own eDNA laboratory. We do not have a p...

Gaffney, Robbie Robbie. Gaffney@nre.tas.gov.au​Panther1966@live.com.au​​CC. Wildlife Services Driessen, Michael​Dear MichaelThankyou for your query regarding eDNA for Tasmanian tiger. Environmental DNA (via the company EnviroDNA) has been used in the past in Tasmania to assess for the presence of chytrid fungus in frogs and the presence of platypus. However, I am not aware of any current projects...

Higham, Jason (DEW)Jason. Higham@sa.gov.au​You​OFFICIALGood afternoonThanks for your inquiry to our website regarding whether our department uses eDNA technology. In looking through the available information, we do not currently use eDNA testing in South Australia routinely but some of South Australia’s Natural Resource Management Boards, the Landscape Boards have used eDNA in their projects. Plea...

OFFICIAL: RE: Case CCC-1191933-N3S5D4 DCCD:0063000401288Research Ari (DEECA)​​Hello Michael Moss, Thank you for reaching out to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action with your question regarding eDNA testing. I have confirmed with the Arthur Rylah Institute’s research scientists who employ these techniques and have confirmed that while they use eDNA testing methods, they do not...