2007-03-25 11:17:31 · 7 answers · asked by x•§•xDareDevilx•§•x 2 in Environment
sadly none. Most "mounts" are that of an animal killed for sport. These are considered trophy mounts, other mounts are as one answerer put it dead pets. (that would just creep me out waking up to see my dead cat laying on the floor or Batting at an imaginary bird in the living room.) Anyway it is sad to say that the environmental impact of the process is as bad if not worse than killing the original animal in the first place. The chemicals used to mount an animal are know carcinogens and endocrine disruptor's and some are lethal in high concentrations. Bury the carcass after the "usable meat" is taken and let nature have it back. Plant wild flowers over the grave and be happy. thanks
2007-03-25 11:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of taxidermy we currently have examples of animals which are now extinct... great auk, etc... It's a tool used by the scientific community to ensure that they always have a reliable "study model" on hand for genetic or physiological studies. It saves having to kill or capture another animal every time you need a couple measurements.
Example: The Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa has a stuffed Eastern Cougar that was killed in New Brunswick in the early 1900's. In the 1990's tracks and feces was found in the woods around Juniper, New Brunswick that were thought to be eastern cougar (which were supposed to be extinct in NB). Samples of the DNA from the hair in the feces were compared to the DNA of the hair on the stuffed cougar to determine whether the scat and tracks were eastern cougar, or a western cougar that had escaped from somewhere (zoo or something), or some other animal. The sample proved to, in fact, be cougar. This provided credible evidence to the existence of cougars in the province, and gave credence to the hundreds of reported cougar sightings.
2007-03-25 13:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time for hunters/fisherman to preserve a prize catch. A new trend is for pet owners to preserve a favorite pal.
2007-03-25 11:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Art Imitating life.
2007-03-25 11:22:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cos the animals have a high sex drive and like getting stuffed
2007-03-25 11:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by heartsave999 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it looks good in my hunting lodge.
2007-03-26 08:19:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So they can have bragging rights!
2007-03-25 11:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋