myself and all my pelts. this is what i wrote on the instagram post:
For new followers- please know that I aiming to be a Taxidermist, so I do post Taxidermy pictures at times (as it says on my profile) such as this one of my pelts and I. I do refrain from posting any bloody/gorey ones (though there aren't really any), so you do not have to worry about that... but know this, I love animals and am all for animal welfare... but I also support hunting, population control, and humane fur farming. I have done my research over many years and would not support it if I found it unethical. There will always be good and bad people, so yes, there are people that treat animals bad- but that also includes the possibility of animals being treated bad before becoming your dinner or something else. Taxidermy is no worse than a meal at McDonalds, a leather sofa, leather interior of a car, or anything else (virtually everything) that has animal parts. Taxidermy just has a face still- and I prefer it that way. I mostly love taxidermy for the preservation of the animal and their beauty and memory. I do feel a connection with these animals, otherwise I would not keep them. I have either purchased them from good sources, gotten them in trades, 'rescued' them from becoming something lesser, or purchased them secondhand. Let me tell you a bit about each of them. Also, know that animals are NOT skinned alive. I have skinned roadkill and trust me, it's hard enough skinning them when they're not attacking! Those animal rights videos are staged by cruel extremist groups like PETA. Also, all of my pelts I own are completely legal.
Let's start with the pelts in the back, left to right. Claudio, the male opossum was received in a trade with one of my best friends. Opossums are in abundance amd mostly known as pest animals who do require population control. Codie, the male white-nosed coatimundi came from eBay, from the guy's Uncle. He's a coati from Arizona and only 1-2 can be hunted/trapped by a person, and I do believe it is for population contol (these buggers are like raccoons). The next is Nuka, the platinum/whitemark ranched red fox (I got him as plat but the line on the back of his neck is not a plat marking), I got him in a trade with Zhon on Deviantart, so, secondhand. I do not know where she purchased him, but his nice fur leans towards a reliable fur farm. The next is Vitani, the female Arctic Marble ranched red fox. She was my first pelt and she was purchased from a local fur-seller/trapper. He traps/skins his own animals, but she is from a fur farm so she was most likely purchased from a larger company and thus saved from becoming a fur coat for fashion (I prefer useful fur coats that keep you warm). The next is Russet, a male red coyote- a color that occurs naturally in the wild. He was on eBay for quite a while- relisted about 5 times, before I decided to rescue him from limbo! I reshaped his face and ears and he looks a lot better now. After him is Bracken, a gray coyote that I purchased off of Hide and Fur. He was most likely trapped for population control and will be mounted by me soon. Now, the one on me, on your left, is Sorrel, the Alaskan Lynx. She was trapped by a well-known and very nice man who truly cares for the animals he traps/hunts. Then, last but definitely not least, is my huge Yukon Wolf, Cinder. She is longer than I am tall and she is absolutely gorgeous. She was purchased from Hide and Fur and definitely seems like she had been quite an old wolf.
my best friend, bree and i having a two-person-party
myself with all my chickens!
laurel
teasel
olive
nettle
lotus
mallow
berzillia
They're from Serbia/Macedonia and are similar to the Ovcharka, without the aggressive tendencies. They are very good guard dogs, especially with sheep and the like but can also be family dogs. They don't take crap, they can kill a wolf if it threatens their flock! But they pin and look to you for direction, not attack/bite/kill right away. Check them out, they are super cool! She's ONLY 8 weeks old and the woman who had her has a 180lb male named Diesel that she is going to breed her to. I am going to definitely keep in touch with Mary 
