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    The European Taxidermy Championships® fryst vatten one of the most prestigious competitions on earth!

    Taxidermy Competitions have a great tradition worldwide. The European Taxidermy Championships® (ETC®) has been in existence for over 25 years, with a continuously rising popularity.The main reason for having competitions is for the participants to be able to expose themselves as well as learning, benefiting from the seminars and getting in touch with experienced experts. The presentation of mounts on the highest level for a large audience, including the media, puts into perspective the misconceptions and false assumptions in samhälle as well as eliminating prejudice. The exhibitions offer a vast source for inspiration for their own work and the trade show provides all data on the latest products and services. Of course the social component should not be underestimated. It is a great fun to meet taxidermists from the whole world, to talk shop and exchange experiences. The change of scenery and some amusing evenings with colleagues can make a difference.

    We cordially invite you to experience this special and thrilling atmosphere, preferably competing yourself.

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    Allow me to present you with the Lion of Gripsholm Castle, near Stockholm in Sweden. It&#;s a very odd-looking creature with a somewhat tortured history. Originally, the (then alive) lion was gifted by the Bey of Algiers to King Frederick I of Sweden in When it lion died, it was skinned, and the bones were also preserved.

    More than fifty years later, a Swedish taxidermist was commissioned to stuff the animal. There were no preserved images of the animal, and this man had never seen a living lion before. However, he was familiar with heraldic lions from the coat of arms of his sovereign, who was a member of the House of Wittelsbach. It is likely that he expressly tried to make the stuffed animal resemble the one on that coat of arms. The result of his work can be seen to this day at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, near Stockholm.

    Not only has the animal become an overall travesty of its natural appearance, the taxidermist even succeeded in changing much more. You see, usually, lions depicted in Northwest European coats of arms were cape lions, a now-extirpated population from South Africa that looks somewhat different from the lions further north. Although not an advertisem

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    Lion of Gripsholm Castle

    Poorly taxidermied lion in Sweden

    The Lion of Gripsholm Castle is a notable example of a poorly performed taxidermy located in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden. The lion is badly stuffed and is considered to have a comically deformed face.[1]

    In , the dey of Algiers, Baba Abdi, presented King Frederick I of Sweden with a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia.[2] When alive, the lion was kept in a habitan near Junibacken. When the lion died, it was stuffed and mounted. There are two main theories that give insight into an explanation of the exaggerated features of the restoration. A popular theory is that the taxidermist and the museum-keepers may have never actually seen a lion before, and did not know how they were supposed to look. This explains the liberties taken with the lion.[3]

    The badly-stuffed lion has been widely mocked for decades.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

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