Category Archives: Content

Farmed for their fur or taken as pets, raccoons aren’t indigenous to Alaska, but they have a long and interesting history – Anchorage Daily News

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story.Two competing concepts can be true at the same time. Alaskans love nature as it is. Alaskans […]

Colorado Funeral Home Owner Said He Practiced 'Taxidermy' at Site Where Bodies Were Found – Business Insider

Since early October, Colorado authorities have found 189 decomposing bodies inside a funeral home after receiving a report of “an abhorrent smell emanating” from the facility. When one state official phoned the funeral home to inquire further, the owner said he “practices taxidermy” at the property, according to documents obtained from Colorado’s Office of Funeral […]

Taxidermist restores historic Montana elk mounts – NBC Montana

Now88°Tue91°Wed91°by Kevin MakiIn 1912, a herd of elk from Yellowstone National Park were transported to Hamilton. Mounts believed to be from the original Yellowstone elk are being celebrated at the new fire hall. Taxidermist Kurt Kohn restored one trophy in 1998.He just completed the restoration of the second one. Both bulls are believed to be […]

Final sale: After serving generations, Detroit icon Dittrich Furs nears the end – BridgeDetroit

BridgeDetroit Detroit news, information, community, health, education, jobs, neighborhoods Charli McKiry knew she had to visit Dittrich Furs one last time. Even if that meant waking up early enough to bring herself and her mother down to the New Center fur store at 6 a.m. and waiting in line for five hours in 30-degree weather.The Detroiter […]

Wolf-Dog Pair Join Popcorn Park – Patch

Thank you to our Local Business Sponsor:FORKED RIVER, NJ — Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River has welcomed Balto and Coyote, a bonded pair of wolf-dogs, marking the return of wolf-heritage animals to the sanctuary for the first time in more than three decades.The refuge announced the pair’s arrival Friday. According to the announcement, […]