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“They’re not stuffed animals. These were sculptures,” said John Janelli, a former president of the National Taxidermists Association, likening destroying them to scraping off the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023

When he helped start the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists, he lived in Minneapolis where he was a student and an instructor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2014

The classes, which began a year and a half ago, fill up months in advance, said Ms. Magpie, 31, a former veterinary nurse and a member of the Guild of Taxidermists.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2014

Danny Waters, president of the Virginia Taxidermists Association, says that while taxidermy is indeed an art, this all seems “a little extreme.”

From Washington Post

Taxidermists tell us that there are more ways than one to skin a cat, and the same is true of legislation.

From Half-Hours with the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick