Lin Wenlong: illegally hunting exotic animals and refusing to make specimens.

Recently, the news that the rich hunted wild animals and even made specimens to take away caused an uproar. Lin Wenlong, a domestic taxidermist, said that those who illegally hunt rare animals refused to come and go. He said: "We are artists and environmentalists, and everything should abide by the rules of the game! 」

To bring the dead animals back to life, we need to rely on the skillful hands of the taxidermist. Lin Wenlong, a famous sculptor in China, is an expert in this field. He has more than 20 years of production experience, and one of his masterpieces is the giant specimen of elephant Wang Lin. He said that the basic condition of animal specimens is that "the skin is fresh enough", and it is necessary to record the size of each part in detail in order to make models in proportion and reproduce them smoothly.

Lin Wenlong once participated in the specimen making of Lin Wang, an elephant, which vividly restored Lin Wang's heroic posture and is now on display at Limza Zoo in Taipei. (Photo/photo taken from Taipei Zoo Conservation Network) If animals are not frozen after death, enzymes in the body will multiply and decompose protein, thus giving off the smell of corpses. Lin Wenlong pointed out that only skins peeled from animals will remain in the specimens. After disinfection, fresh leather can be preserved without leaving any smell. Therefore, if it is impossible to freeze animal carcasses at the first time, such as large animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses, they must be skinned before they produce odor. He repeatedly stressed. 」

"Preservation" is the greatest function of animal specimens. Lin Wenlong pointed out that another function is "recognizable appearance". In order to restore an animal vividly, it is necessary to take photos, draw pictures and record the size in advance, so as to build a clay model of animal specimens in proportion and carve blood vessels and muscle textures. After the mold is opened, the parts are combined one by one, and then the outer skin is stitched and fixed for detailed sculpture trimming.

For Lin Wenlong, except for the limitation of racing against time, no animal can never be made into specimens, but he revealed that there are indeed some animal specimens, such as amphibian frogs: first, the frog's skin begins to fade from the moment of death; Second, there is not much difference between different kinds of frogs in recognition, and it is more difficult to highlight the difference after peeling. So this kind of specimen will get twice the result with half the effort.

In China, there are only a handful of masters who make animal specimens, but abroad, this is already a mature industry. Lin Wenlong, who studied with foreign experts, said that hunting is regarded as a noble culture abroad, so hunters have to pay high fees, and they can hunt in certain seasons. The most common is deer hunting, which often eats meat, and the head is made into a specimen by the relevant team and displayed at home.

Lin Wenlong believes that it is meaningful to preserve any animal specimen, but the premise is that "the source cannot be problematic". He once met with great immigration and feeding, because he didn't want to leave his dog in Taiwan Province Province. He deliberately euthanized his dog without pain and made a specimen. The proposal was rejected by him.

In addition, those who illegally hunt rare animals also refuse to come and go. Lin Wenlong said that taxidermists at home and abroad are very afraid to accept such cases. He said: "We are artists and conservationists, and everything should abide by the rules of the game! 」