This is one of the latest patches I realized for my
Etsy shop.
I decided to make it after a saw a few articles of taxidermy sold on Etsy. What I saw there was a baby opossum closed in a jar, dead, immersed in a liquid that looks like formaldehyde then priced and listed in a shop that I chose not to mention.
It seems that shops like this cannot be reported as inappropriate (I would say completely horrible) because taxidermy which not involves pets is perfectly accepted and consistent with the terms and guidelines of sellers. Plus, the seller claims that his/her work is ''cruelty free'' assuming the fact that the animal was found dead, then opportunely treated according to international rules of taxidermy.
I then went out and searched through the internet for more infos about this procedure/tradition and, at the same time, for some ''anti-taxidermy'' fellow mindsets and unfortunately, didn't find much.
I then thought the only thing I could do to express this big sadness and disappointment was doing what I can do, embroidery in my case.
Here it is, cute little snout.
This is what I wrote on the listing of this patch:
♡ Hi!
This is a patch I made for anybody who loves animals and respect their life cycle and therefore their death.
In
my opinion non-scientific taxidermy is a really useless and heartless
practice, taking profit out of it is even more repugnant.
The
decision to realize this embroidered patch comes up as a reaction to
many taxidermies I painfully happened to see. A reaction that I address
especially to people asking even money for the production of something
''odd-looking'' or ''fashionable'' on a puppy's own skin. I don't care
if this people claim their products ''cruelty free'' or ''findings'',
the result is the same, abusing the Nature.
So let them please rest in peace.
♡
That's all, I hope this awful tradition really ends forever.
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