Bill Geist Drops In On The National Taxidermy Championship (CBS News)

Bill Geist on CBS Sunady Morning, October 15, 2006:

(CBS) - " Out west is where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play — except the ones stuffed and up on a wall".

"The deer and antelope are joined by creatures great and small rolling in from around the world for the National Taxidermy Championship in Billings, Mont".

".....Fans come to admire these lovelies by the thousands. Taxidermy is in, appearing in hip bars and restaurants, decorating magazines and high end stores like Bergdorf's in Manhattan. Popular TV personalities have them as accent pieces in their own homes".

"Still, a lot of people wouldn't be caught dead here. To them, there's still something a little bizarre and something a little creepy about stuffed animals and the men who mount them".

"To combat the grim image the industry exudes, taxidermists call it wildlife artistry — the animals realistic in every detail and set in natural habitats".

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