Please directly email me with any information that you have regarding venomoid "surgons" and their taxidermy ties. I've never heard of any of the people doing this, not even hack job surgons, but it is interesting. I would rather not have you post names as I don't want to upset anyone, but a direct email would be great! Personally, I have a few CB animals (all turtles and tortoises) which I have had freeze dried after they died. I understand they can make great teaching aids in presentations, and I would rather spend a few bux to preserve it rather than toss out something that died of natural causes in the pet trade. With shipping, and everything occasionally you do loose an animal, and even more often animals die as a result of captive breeding efforts...not every baby will live! I guess I could see some people with adult WC animals that die from parasites being sold to taxidermists? I don't really see anything wrong in that as they can get some money, and the taxidermist then gets an animal not killed for its skin...but if it is a mortality from a hack job, that is just wrong! In any event, please drop me a line.


thanks,
Steve Clark
TurtsAndTorts@tmail.com

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