Museum’s taxidermy bear supports project to end modern-day wildlife crime – Chelmsford City Life

# Top topics24 August 2026If you’ve visited the Museum of Chelmsford before, then chances are you’ve come across Boris the Bear. The 120-year-old taxidermy Brown Bear has become such a popular attraction with visitors that he’s considered to be the museum’s unofficial mascot.Now, Boris could help protect modern-day Brown Bears from illegal poaching thanks to […]

Dog, rabbit and fox fur found in toys and key rings sold in markets and online – ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

EmergencyBackstoryNewsletters中文新闻BERITA BAHASA INDONESIATOK PISINBy Adele FergusonBy Chris GillettABC InvestigationsTopic:Consumer ProtectionLaboratory analysis indicated the products, sourced from online retailers and NSW market stalls, contained real animal fur.  (ABC News: Jack Fisher)Animal welfare organisation Four Paws commissioned UK-based lab Microtex Analysis to analyse fur on fluffy toys and key rings sold at market stalls in NSW as […]

DNA results are in: Animal previously believed to be wolf-dog hybrid identified in Montana – ABC7 New York

DENTON, Mont. — An animal previously believed to be a wolf-dog hybrid is actually just a wolf, a DNA test revealed."The lab compared the animal's DNA with thousands of other DNA samples from wolves, coyotes and dogs. The conclusion was clear – this animal is a gray wolf from the northern Rocky Mountains," reads a […]

X-rays show skull of extinct thylacine in collector's auction find – ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

EmergencyBackstoryNewsletters中文新闻BERITA BAHASA INDONESIATOK PISINBy Susan Oong936 ABC HobartTopic:Endangered and Protected SpeciesJames Cranfield poses with his "ridiculously important and special specimen", which he snapped up at auction. (Supplied: Instagram/@thetaxidermist)X-rays of a taxidermied head advertised as a fox at auction have confirmed the specimen is an extinct thylacine, with the animal's near-perfect skull shown intact within.UK collector […]

Taxidermy, skull preservation, maceration: pet owners find new ways to process grief – The Guardian

Some practices used to honor a pet’s death may some feel uneasy, but animal lovers say they find solace in the processShortly after my cat Mr Bell died, I contacted Angela Kirkpatrick. I needed Mr Bell – a delightful cat famous for his cropped ears and his ongoing feud with the refrigerator – to live […]

Proposed U.K. Ban on Legally Hunted Wildlife Imports Clears Another Hurdle – NRA Hunters' Leadership Forum |

by Brian McCombie – Friday, July 21, 2023 On June 16, 2023, the British House of Lords had what is termed a “second reading” of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Act 2023, a proposed law which would stop hunters in that nation from bringing back taxidermy mounts of numerous wildlife species across the globe. The […]