Inside the female-led world of ethical taxidermy: ‘It’s not just for hunters’

At a workshop in southern California, students learn a practice long associated with grizzled hunters: We feel we're giving animals a second chance'

Four dead rats. Two white guinea pig carcasses. One lifeless brown rabbit. A group of women hovered tentatively over the bodies, holding scalpels.

Are we slicing all the way through?" asked KC Carmela, one of the attendees, a scalpel in one hand and a rodent in the other. Like butter? Or a banana?"