From grieving pet owners to TV shows and major museums, demand for taxidermists remains strong. And birds are a mainstay
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For Lauren Hundloe, bringing dead birds “back to life” is all in a day’s work.
The former public servant turned taxidermist used to stuff animals of all sizes, from mice to elk and everything in between. Now she deals almost exclusively with birds in her Brisbane studio.