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The amount of money spent on a study of a now-shuttered 170-specimen taxidermy display at the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum is adding up.More than eight months after Mayor Paul TenHaken and zoo administration opted to close the exhibit of rare, exotic, and deteriorating mounts at the natural history wing of the central Sioux […]

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Betina Wassermann owns and operates a small business called “Wicked World” that sells spooky decorations and accessories, as pictured on Tuesday, JUne 25, 2024. (Courtesy/Betina Wassermann)   Betina Wassermann owns and operates a small business called “Wicked World” that sells spooky decorations and accessories, as pictured on Tuesday, JUne 25, 2024. (Courtesy/Betina Wassermann)   The Red & […]

A quick search of Craigslist reveals dozens of postings of animal parts for sale.“Large collection of stuffed deer, elk, boar trophy mounts” “Deer mount $100” “Trophy Bull Elk Head $3500”Buyers can find a menagerie of trophies ranging from wild boar to elk and mule deer. California Fish and Wildlife wardens say it’s illegal to sell […]

Queens for life.Taxidermist John Youngaitis stands before a wall of stuffed creatures at his Middle Village shop. Eagle photos by David BrandBy David BrandA flock of exotic birds line the windowsill at Cypress Hills Taxidermy Studio, their feathery crests frozen aloft as they stare out at Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village.Despite their splendor, the parrots […]

Love art? Let’s stay in touch. Sign up for email updates from NMWA.    In celebration of NMWA’s 30th anniversary, and inspired by the museum’s focus on contemporary women artists as catalysts for change, Revival illuminates how women working in sculpture, photography, and video use spectacle and scale for expressive effect.Growing up in the countryside, Polly Morgan […]

The Canadian seal cull, which takes place each spring off the country’s east coast, has become an annual showdown between campaigners and the Canadian authorities. It sees as many as 300,000 harp seals shot or clubbed to death for their fur and other byproducts, including oil, meat and body parts prized for aphrodisiac purposes.Repeatedly condemned […]

Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.Please enter a valid zipcode.SaveFORT WORTH, Texas — Some bear-y special recent arrivals at the Fort Worth Zoo include two one-year-old American black bear cubs.A post shared by Fort […]

Commercial fur trappers are exploiting Nevada’s precious environment by killing, skinning and selling the pelts of more than 18 wild species, including otters, foxes and bobcats. Trapping brings no sales tax to the state and is virtually an unregulated industry that lines the pockets of commercial trappers at the expense of our natural resources, which […]