New Orleans Taxidermy

07/09/2026

Their path is shorter than ours. The only good thing about this painful truth is that they don’t know it.
We do, and so we plan ahead for the day our paths diverge.
Pet owners can’t know what kind of health and quality of life decisions lie ahead, but we can think about what our priorities will be, what resources we have, and where our pet’s best interests lie at the end of life.
As someone who offers pet taxidermy, I get to support people after these decisions have been made. There’s often considerable emotional aftermath, but it can be a relief to realize that in choosing and designing a pet memorial, we’re responsible only for our own feelings.
With our pet’s final care decisions behind us, we get to focus on grieving, reflecting, and honoring their memory in whatever form feels most appropriate.

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The New Yorker

05/26/2026

Like the vanishing animal species he re-creates, Tim Bovard represents the last of a lineage. The academic and artistic rigor behind museum taxidermy work cannot be overstated and should not be undervalued.

I hope that our collective reenchantment with authenticity, born of AI fatigue, will lead to renewed interest in, and support for, the deeply human discipline of natural history.

Tim Bovard, the last full-time taxidermist at any museum in the U.S., has amassed an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. Since 1984, he has worked at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where the care and keeping of animals and dioramas is a responsibility he takes seriously and joyfully. He works only with donations from zoos, offerings from private collections or roadkill. https://nyti.ms/4u0Gtk7

05/21/2026

Excellent explanation of the bird taxidermy process https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17f9zzjx4h/?mibextid=wwXIfr

05/07/2026

While this timber rattler is well and truly beyond biting, its fangs and venom sacs can still transmit venom.

All animal that enter the studio are handled with care, and this impressive specimen certainly demands to be respected.

04/17/2026

Makeover Monday 💅 💄
Client bird seems to have taken a few knocks while in storage ❤️‍🩹
So satisfying to get this pretty boy runway ready again 🦚