"I can sit in that room and reminisce about past hunts.''

I found this quote from a successful taxidermist who lives in North Hollywood. I will never understand how 'the hunt' of an animal can be thrilling. It is pointless and unnecessarily cruel:

If a picture is worth a thousand words A picture is worth a thousand words is a proverb that refers to the idea that complex stories can be told with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. A mounted animal speaks volumes. At least to its owner.

What better way to preserve the memory of a gratifying hunt than to bring the trophy head into your home?

``I've got 58 animals in one room,'' said Frank Carlisi, owner of Art Craft Taxidermy taxidermy in North Hollywood, ``and I can remember every hunt in which the animal was taken. I can sit in that room and reminisce about past hunts.''

(found on http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+RIGHT+STUFFING+:+ART+OF+TAXIDERMY+OFFERS+HUNTERS+A+DIFFERENT...-a084000220)

I also quite liked to hear this headline: MOUNTING WOES; THERE WAS A TIME WHEN VALLEY TAXIDERMISTS HANDLED DOZENS OF ANIMALS EACH WEEK. NOW, WITH THE ADVENT OF STRICTER HUNTING RULES, THE LIFE IS GOING OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS.