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Lloyd Jones

Grim milestone sparks warning for threatened species

Once a dominant species of carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian tiger is now just a museum item. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Ninety years after the death of the last-known Tasmanian tiger, Australia maintains a shameful record of habitat destruction and species extinction, conservationists say.

National Threatened Species Day on Monday marked the grim milestone, sparking a warning from the Australian Conservation Foundation.

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