{"id":632,"date":"2023-12-15T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:35:55","slug":"the-ted-turner-reward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/the-ted-turner-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ted Turner Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reward Monies Withdrawn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>Due to the lack of equipment supplies during December 99 and January 2000 I felt compelled to raise some financial capital to the tune of $40,000 Australian that would in turn allow me to purchase up to 4 sets of equipment and further enhance our research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>I decided that the first point of call in this quest would be to send a letter to Mr. Ted Turner of Time Warner Broadcasting in Atlanta Georgia U.S.A. The reason for such a choice primarily stems from the fact that he is a multi billionaire and also due to the fact that in 1984 he competed in the Annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race and declared at the end of such race. &#8220;If anyone can produce evidence that the Tasmanian Tiger is still alive and well, I will give them $100,000 reward&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>My letter was two fold. I firstly had to ascertain after 16 years of having made this statement whether the financial reward of $100,000 was still available. Secondly as no one had made a claim on this money whether he would be prepared to release $40,000 of this reward or part there of to assist me in my research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>I compiled a 6 page letter outlining all of the difficulties that I was experiencing in terms of not being able to secure the equipment when we wanted it and the limitations of only having one set of the equipment. Similarly I sent him up to 8 photographs supporting my requests and to authenticate my involvement in this form of research.<br>You can imagine my surprise and disappointment when after nearly 8 weeks I received a reply in which Ted Turner made it clear that the reward that was once posted for the thylacine evidence is no longer available to anyone. (see reply letter below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tassietiger.org\/images\/tedturner.gif\" alt=\"Letter\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reward Monies Withdrawn &nbsp;Due to the lack of equipment supplies during December 99 and January 2000 I felt compelled to raise some financial capital to the tune of $40,000 Australian that would in turn allow me to purchase up to 4 sets of equipment and further enhance our research. &nbsp;I decided that the first point of call in this quest would be to send a letter to Mr. Ted Turner of Time Warner Broadcasting in Atlanta Georgia U.S.A. The reason for such a choice primarily stems from the fact that he is a multi billionaire and also due to the fact that in 1984 he competed in the Annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race and declared at the end of such race. &#8220;If anyone can produce evidence that the Tasmanian Tiger is still alive and well, I will give them $100,000 reward&#8221;. &nbsp;My letter was two fold. I firstly had to ascertain after 16 years of having made this statement whether the financial reward of $100,000 was still available. Secondly as no one had made a claim on this money whether he would be prepared to release $40,000 of this reward or part there of to assist me in my research. &nbsp;I compiled a 6 page letter outlining all of the difficulties that I was experiencing in terms of not being able to secure the equipment when we wanted it and the limitations of only having one set of the equipment. Similarly I sent him up to 8 photographs supporting my requests and to authenticate my involvement in this form of research.You can imagine my surprise and disappointment when after nearly 8 weeks I received a reply in which Ted Turner made it clear that the reward that was once posted for the thylacine evidence is no longer available to anyone. (see reply letter below).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tassietiger.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}