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Would you Taxidermy Your Deceased Pet?

May 11th 2008 21:00

Polar bear taxidermied
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Back in the days when we had our beloved ducks, Brown-o and White-o, my sister went through a pro-taxidermy stage. Even though she was only 14, she was already planning what to do when our ducks died. Our parents, who aren’t sentimental types, said they would simply put the ducks in the trash. We were horrified when we discovered this and felt our ducks deserved a better fate. My sister and I discussed burial. We thought it would be nice to bury them in the garden where they spent each day foraging through the plants. Then my sister came up with the taxidermy idea. We thought that was cool: We could get someone to preserve and stuff our dead ducks and we could have them inside the house as ornaments. Then we could pat them and pretend they were still alive. The idea they were still with us in a way appealed to us.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. Our ducks disappeared one day and we never saw them again. I still feel guilty about this today. I keep thinking that if we didn’t let them wander around so much that maybe they would still be around for many more years and have died of old age instead of being possibly ducknapped and eaten. Still, in the year that we had them, they brought us so much love and joy. They were always there for me when I came home after having a bad day at school. I could tell them things I couldn’t tell other people and I knew they would understand.


What about you? Would you consider going to a taxidermist to have your pet stuffed? Or do you think it is macabre and prefer to bury or cremate your pet?
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