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Working group launched to save Drumheller’s popular Tyra the T. Rex dinosaur | Globalnews.ca

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The 25-metre -high figure, four times the size of a real T. Rex , attracts 150,000 visitors a year in southern Alberta .

The Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce announced plans to dismantle Tyra at the end of 2029 .

The news resulted in a public backlash with 23,500 names on a petition calling for her to be spared.

The town announced Thursday that the three groups will explore options.