Reet
Did you see the pictures of the stuffed ferret before it was removed from
ebay?  If a taxidermist stuffed my beloved Bessie that way I would have
demanded my money back.  A good taxidermist would not pose a pet in the
attitude of a wild animal.  Bessie's mouth was not open in play, as we have
all seen in our ferrets, its lips were curled back from an open mouth in an
aggressive stance.
 
I am not concerned that a member of the public would see this figure and
assume that ferrets must necessarily be a wild dangerous animal.  I am
angry that anyone would take a domestic pet and pose it as a wild dangerous
animal.
 
You are correct in that we don't know the history of this item, but I doubt
it is as you suggest.  After all, Aunt Gertrude's dearly departed kitty
Puff is sitting curled up sweetly in the settee, not posed with a dead
stuffed mouse dangling from her jaws.
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin, OH
 
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[Posted in FML issue 2833]