taxidermy? right or wrong?

[quilson_mc_spike]

id taxidermy right or wrong becase i know the animal has died of antural causes but i also know the animal is beig stuffed for money i know its dead and cant feal it but thats not the point and i cant decide?

[Pimperella]

I think it depends on the person cause some people it would be wrong to stuff and mount. and others it would be fantastic!

[Mrs dirtydozen]

if the animal has died of natural causes then i think its a good thing i would love 2 be able 2 afford to have all my pets done so i could keep them with me for life, the animal feels no pain its no longer there in a way, n i think its nice being able 2 see them still n go give them a cuddle.

however if the animal is killed just for the sake of being stuff then i think its totally wrong n sick n a waste of a life

so u need 2 get some more choices on ur poll coz i think its a good thing but only if the animal has died of natural causes, or ur pet was im pain n suffering n had 2 be pts, so il vote when u change the poll lol

[LoveForLizards]

Its OK, as long as the animal died of natural causes/was PTS for good reason and wasn't killed for the purpose of taxidermy.

[quilson_mc_spike]

well i didnt realy know what to put i was realy tired :p xoxo

[Mrs dirtydozen]

Originally Posted by quilson_mc_spike

well i didnt realy know what to put i was realy tired :p xoxo

thats coz u need 2 go 2 bed earlier, im gona tell mum n dad

[quilson_mc_spike]

Originally Posted by Mrs dirtydozen

thats coz u need 2 go 2 bed earlier, im gona tell mum n dad

grasss!!!!!
xoxo

[fenwoman]

whilst I wouldn't personally like to have dead animals on display as 'ornaments' in my home, I haven't a problem per se with the art of taxidermy. Without it, we wouldn't be able to see (for instance) how things were years ago. IIRC in one of the London museums, (think it was the V&A) there are several specimens of dogs. I found them fascinating because the models were over a hundred years old and you could see how the breeds have changed to what we have today. For instance, the one I remember best is the old English sheepdog which looked nothing like the over hairy breed we know today.
Some of the cased displays from Victorian times are really attractive works of art with small animals in natural poses set in a 'natural' setting so you get a real snapshot of , for instance, a group of harvest mice, in among grasses, complete with little nest. Very interesting.
Howvwer, my sister once bought a taxidermy cat at auction. Obviously someone's deceased pet, a big old tabby tom cat, and I'm afraid I did find that not very nice at all.
I don't think I'd have any of my lot stuffed although I have threatened before now to "get the lot of you stuffed and mounted so I can have you around without all the mess and noise!!"
I would find it a bit off putting if I visited someone and they had heads of dead creatures displayed on their wall.

[quilson_mc_spike]

well i dont know what i make of it its kinda mingin but its also quite 'interestin' but i could never have one in my home esp not a pet as i would look at it and remember all the memories and cry about it lol

but i think that if it was in somebodie alses home i would be rather intreeged into it as its not a popular interest :p xoxo

[trigger]

I agree with fenwoman. Not something I would choose to have done but I don't have a problem with it.