MUMBAI: Dead animals and birds are also a treasure to be preserved for the next generation, believes taxidermist SantoshGaikwad. The only taxidermist in the country, working at the sole Taxidermy Center at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Gaikwad has been preserving rare animals through taxidermy over the last few years. This painstaking work has involved not just long hours bout also a passion in recreating animals and birds and making them look life-like.
Over the last three years, Gaikwad, who also teaches at Bombay Veterinary College, has preserved lions, leopards, an elephant head, and turtles. The biggest achievement he felt was preserving the country's last Siberian tiger. The tiger was at the Nanital zoo and after it died, the zoo authorities sent it to be preserved through taxidermy. "At least the next generation can see how the tiger looked like," said Gaikwad.
Gaikwad said that though taxidermy is a very specialized and unique art, it has failed to attract many people to pursue it. This also explains why he is the only taxidermist in the country. "We need more such endeavours so that we can preserve the animals we lose," said Gaikwad. "Highly endangered species can be kept in all their actuality for educational purposes too," he added.
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