Much publicity has recently been given to the possibility of the Thylacine being cloned from tissue of a preserved embryo at the Australian Museum.

ARFRA does not support the project, on the following grounds;
The ARFRA database contains over 4000 sighting records of Thylacines, many of which have been reported by highly qualified, very credible witnesses. These reports, together with photographs, footprint casts and other evidence strongly suggest that the Thylacine may not be extinct, and therefore the cloning project is unnecessary.

The cost of the project, estimated at many tens of millions of dollars, seems excessive for dubious benefit. We believe that the money would be better spent on habitat protection for species known to be extant, thus also benefiting the Thylacine if it does indeed exist.