The business built up by Charles Kirk (1872-1922) became one of the largest and best known of its kind in Scotland. Charles Kirk was born and educated in Edinburgh, and left home to take up an apprenticeship with Rowland Ward in London. He left Ward's in 1894 in order to set up his own business in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, eventually employing a staff of around eight. He was an intelligent and articulate man with a high reputation as a field naturalist and photographer.
We have bought major collections from museums and private collectors.
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Taxidermy law can be complicated.
We make it our business to know the laws surrounding the trade, keeping up to date with changes in current legislation so you can buy in confidence.
The House of Taxidermy does not source modern taxidermy specimens that have been killed for the purpose of taxidermy. Our modern taxidermy is mainly roadkill and catkill as these are sadly the top two threats to British wildlife. We also get animals that have died of old age, largely from zoos and falconers.
Antique pieces for us are another matter. Although some of these old specimens were hunted, we see no harm in trading them today.
Destroying them will not bring the animal back.
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