Why is taxidermy wrong?

It is not likely that a stuffed animal died of natural causes. Most of these animals were killed specifically for decorative reasons. Visitors of exotic animals to Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries were more often dead than alive.

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relied on second-hand, or even third-hand, accounts of the living anatomy of creatures reduced to dry skin, resulting in some tremendously imprecise specimens.

However, like the failed restoration of “The Jesus Beast” in Spain, people now love these bastardizations of nature because of their fantastic flaws. Finally, and I think this could be the most important thing even though it was overlooked, a handful of people mentioned that, as a self-proclaimed “ethical taxidermist”, it's important to always have respect for the animal.

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is also a somewhat sensitive topic due to the fact that taxidermists obviously deal with dead animals, so labels have been invented to describe the acquisition of specimens in order to make buyers feel better about their purchases. Until taxidermists have a real code of ethics and take an oath to follow that code, which is described and contains definitions of what is absolutely right and what is absolutely wrong, the phrase “ethical taxidermy” is something that people simply use to feel better about having an interest in death.

animals because of taboos cultural. I have also noticed that many people criticize me and other taxidermists for having taxidermy licenses, saying that it is “just an elegant role of the government. Someone who has spent hours perfecting her taxidermy craft is Divya Anantharaman, a professional taxidermist, cheerful goth and co-author of a new book, Stuffed Animals, which explores the methods, science and beautiful weirdness behind one of history's most misunderstood art forms. When an 18th-century taxidermist tried to shape the skin of the dead lion of King Frederick I of Sweden, a gift from 1731 from Algiers, it was probably based on some of these images.

She is also the curator of events to bring together alternative taxidermists, such as the recent Wunderkammer exhibition and competition held at the Bell House in Gowanus. Buying stuffed animals second-hand or in a store isn't better because you never really know where the bodies come from. These animals are among those that keep the taxidermy industry going: on average, you'll see between 8 and 10 white-tailed or black-tailed deer (depending on the region) working at the same time in any commercial taxidermist study. His main body of work consists of huge stuffed animals, from antelopes to zebras and coyotes, with human faces sculpted into the bodies.

I definitely agree with that, because without that animal, such a taxidermist wouldn't have a topic to work on. Two ocelots, one by a taxidermist from the 19th century and the other from 1934 (courtesy of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin). The people who responded were of all kinds of backgrounds, taxidermists and not, from a wide spectrum of cultures, men and women, of all ages. The co-founder and creative director of the Museum of Morbid Anatomy, Joanna Ebenstein, co-wrote a book about the famous Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter and his work, and for her, being able to bring her painting “Kitten Wedding” to the museum was a dream come true.