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 revive the dead animals, we need to rely on the skilled 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 the size of each part needs to be recorded in detail before the model can be made in proportion and reproduced smoothly.

Lin Wenlong once participated in the specimen making of Lin Wang, an elephant, which vividly restored Lin Wang's heroic posture. Now it is on display at Limuzha Zoo in Taipei. (Photo taken from Taipei Zoo Conservation Network) If animals are not frozen after death, enzymes in the body will multiply and decompose protein, which will give off the smell of corpses. Lin Wenlong pointed out that only skins peeled from animals will remain in the specimens. After disinfection, fresh skin can be preserved without leaving any smell. Therefore, if it is impossible to freeze animal carcasses in the first place, such as elephants, rhinoceroses and other large animals, they must be skinned first to produce bad smell. 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 realistically, it is necessary to take photos, draw pictures and record the size in advance, so as to construct clay models of animal specimens in proportion and sculpt 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, and the sculpture is carefully trimmed.

For Lin Wenlong, except for the race against time, no animal can never be made into a specimen, 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 little difference in the identification of different species of frogs, 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.

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

Lin Wenlong believes that the preservation of any animal specimen has its significance, but the premise is that "the source cannot be problematic". He once met a large immigrant who was fed. Because he didn't want to leave his dog in Taiwan Province Province, he deliberately euthanized his dog painlessly and made it into a specimen. The proposal was rejected by him.

In addition, illegal hunting of rare animals is also open to all. 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! 」