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TAXIDERMY WANTED FOR INSTANT CASH AND COLLECTION 07944-540444, 01827-289466 MUSEUMOFWILDLIFE@LIVE.COM
WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF ANTIQUE-TAXIDERMY.COM,THE BIGGEST UK SELLER OF GENUINE PRE-1947 SPECIMENS,RUN BY A SPECIALIST COLLECTOR/NATURALIST & RENOVATOR OF NATURAL HISTORY TAXIDERMY SPECIMENS,WE ARE IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF BUILDING UP A HUGE COLLECTION FOR DISPLAY TO BE USED PURELY AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN CONSERVATION,SADLY WHOLESALE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE MAINLY IN THE VICTORIAN ERA,WE CANT CHANGE THAT,OUR AIM IS TO SHOW THE BEAUTY AND INCREDIBLE VARIATION OF OUR COUNTRIES GLORIOUS WILDLIFE UP CLOSE SO PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL NATURE WE HAVE ON OUR DOORSTEP.
THE VAST PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTION IS FROM 1841 TO 1950,ONLY A FEW MODERN MOUNTS ARE KEPT,IN A THE EVENT WHERE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A VICTORIAN OR PRE-WAR CASED EXHIBIT OF THE QUALITY WE REQUIRE.
WE TRY TO AVOID MODERN TAXIDERMY AS THE TRADE AND ITS SOCIETIES REGULATE THEMSELVES,DRACULA WORKING IN A BLOODBANK OR MPS FIDDLING EXPENSES IF UNCHECKED COMES TO MIND,JUST READ DEFRAS PROSECUTIONS FOR DETAILS ON RURAL ENGLAND WEBSITE MOST OF THE RECENT PROSECUCTIONS ARE TAKEN OUT AGAINST MODERN TAXIDERMISTS..
I FIRST GOT INTERESTED IN BIRDS OVER 40 YEARS AGO IN THE WOODS,FIELDS,STREAMS AND RIVERS SURROUNDING MY CHILDHOOD HOME,IN THE DAYS BEFORE HIGH QUALITY BIRD GUIDES,VIDEOS,HIGH DEFINITION CD ROMS AND SOUND RECORDINGS OF OUR NATIVE BIRDS,BUT WE DID HAVE A COLLECTION OF BRITISH WILDLIFE IN OUR LOCAL CASTLE MUSEUM,WHICH WAS MY MEANS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT I HAD OBSERVED LOCALLY,FROM THAT BASIC BEGINNING,TO FORTY YEARS LATER OF BIRD STUDY,PHOTOGHRAPHY,ORNITHOLOGICAL TRIPS WORLDWIDE,AND BEING INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTARY WARDENING,MAINTENANCE OF WILDLIFE SITES,RE-INTRODUCTION PROGRAMMES,NEST BOX AND WILD BIRD FEEDER BUILDING SCHEMES,ECT,ECT I AM NOW BUILDING SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS.
THE COLLECTION IS NOW WORKING TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE RESPECT FOR OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION,IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH YOUNGSTERS IN ONE OF OUR COUNTRIES MUSEUMS,AND LISTENED TO THEIR QUESTIONS,YOU WILL APPRECIATE WHAT BEING UP CLOSE CAN ACHIEVE,EVEN AFTER 40 PLUS YEARS OF BIRDWATCHING,THERE ARE STILL SPECIES IN MY COLLECTION THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE WILD YET..........
IF YOU HAVE ITEMS YOU WISH TO SELL OR WISH TO VISIT PLEASE CONTACT US VIA THE LINKS SECTION OF THIS SITE..or Tel 01827-289466 ,& 07944-540444....RENOVATIONS VALUATIONS CONTRACTS UNDERTAKEN ..
A FEW ITEMS IN OUR COLLECTION ARE FOREIGN BIRDS,BUT ALL BRITISH BIRDS ARE COVERED BY ALL UK LAW AND OWNERSHIP LICENCES ISSUED BY DEFRA,AND HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FROM SPECIALIST ANTIQUE DEALERS OR SITES NOT FROM TAXIDERMISTS.
ALL SPECIMENS IN THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN OBTAINED WITHIN THE LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WE DO NOT COLLECT NEW TAXIDERMY,ONLY ANTIQUE QUALITY ITEMS,PREFERABLY BY NAMED TAXIDERMISTS FROM THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN ERA.
ALL IMAGES ON THIS WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHT OF OUR PHOTOGHRAPHIC SECTION,ALL ITEMS ARE OWNED IN FULL BY OURSELVES,A FEW MAY BE SOLD IN FUTURE AS THEY BECOME DUPLICATED OR SUPERCEDED BY A HIGHER QUALITY SPECIMEN,MOST ARE IN STORAGE UNTIL WE AQUIRE SUITABLE PREMISES NEAR TO BIRD RESERVE FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY.
SOME OF MY SPECIMENS ARE FEATURED ON OTHER WEBSITES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION,ANY COPYING WILL RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THESE INTERNET THIEVES
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ILLEGAL TRADING OF BIRDS AND SKINS OR EGG COLECTING IS REPORTED TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THE RSPB AND DEFRA IMMIEDIATELY,WE FULLY SUPPORT ALL CHARITIES AND GOVERMENT FUNDED BODIES IN THE CONSERVATION OF OUR NATIVE BIRDS
WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN RESEARCHING THE ILLEGAL IMPORT OF HORNBILLS AND PARROT SPECIES INTO THE UK,AS WELL AS VOLUNTARY WARDENING OF PROCTECTED SPECIES AT UNDISCLOSED SITES IN THE UK.
  
  
  
  
  
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