Animal Hunting for Taxidermy

Hello readers... 

In this post I shall explain to you more about taxidermy. 

What is taxidermy?

Taxidermy is the process of utilizing the skins of dead animals for artwork by stuffing them. This action creates a realistic representation of the animal. Therefore, even though the animal is actually dead, it will appear as if it is still alive. People will hunt the animals and then taking the dead animals to the taxidermist with the intention of mounting them and will the put it as a trophy or above a fireplace as a memory for them. While this may be interpreted as the display of a deep respect towards the animal, it is actually an action that represents human dominance over animals. 

Different methods that taxidermist used.

Taxidermist retains the original skull and leg bones of a specimen and using these as the basis to create a mannequin made primarily from wool and galvanized wire. Another popular method among taxidermists is to freeze dry the dead animal. This can be done with reptiles, birds and small mammals such as cats. Freeze drying is expensive and time consuming. Large specimens can be required to spend as long as 6 months in the freeze dryer.

Although some people value taxidermy, such action certainly does not portray respect for an animal. Animals are beautiful creatures. One can obtain so much happiness from observing and analyzing interactions of animals while some people take up hunting as their hobby. Hunting is a sport that people engage in. When the hunter has succeeded in killing the animal, they feel as if they had accomplished their mission, and mounting the head of the dead animal is a representation of their pride.

Animals are not meant to be tormented once they are dead. People should respect animals as they too have feelings like us, humans.