O QUE É TAXIDERMIA E OSTEOTÉCNICA?
Taxidermy is a technique for the conservation of animal bodies whether for scientific or decorative purposes. Osteotechnics is treatment and assembly of animal bones for teaching or decoration.
Some people decide to stuff their beloved animal after years of living with it, to keep the animal's energy close at hand. Other people work in laboratories preparing taxidermized animals for scientific purposes, taxidermy is carried out in higher education universities with animals received from the most diverse causes. An animal origin protocol is constructed, as well as weight, species, among other data for analysis and also fauna control.
For decorative purposes, it is necessary to know which animals can be taxidermized or osteotracted!
Brazilian law prohibits the sale and possession of wild and exotic animals or any of its parts, without proper documentation . Currently, only domestic animals can be prepared either in taxidermy or osteotechnics for decorative, artistic purposes, etc.
When the taxidermy of the beloved animal is requested by a person, its viability is studied. A form is filled out by the ex-owner, with the most diverse information about the animal, from size, age, to the request of the animal's vaccination card. For exotic animals, complete possession documentation and permission to keep the animal are requested.