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Bereaved pet owners turn to taxidermy for everlasting friendship
Mon, 19 July 2021
Carefully preserving an animal takes patience and attention to detail – luxuries Pakistani Jahangir Khan Jadoon says he doesn’t always have when a bereaved pet owner rushes into his workshop.
“Sometimes an emotional customer will bring his dead pet with tears still in his eyes saying, ‘I can’t live even a night without him’,” the taxidermist said from his studio near the eastern city of Lahore.
Surrounded by stuffed leopards, deers, parrots and cats, Jadoon sees his craft as both an art and a vital way to console those in pain.
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IN this June 9 picture, Jahangir Khan Jadoon works on a stuffed bird at his workshop near Lahore. AFP
PATTOKI: Carefully preserving an animal takes patience and attention to detail luxuries Jahangir Khan Jadoon says he doesn’t always have when a bereaved pet owner rushes into his workshop.
“Sometimes an emotional customer will bring his dead pet with tears still in his eyes saying, ‘I can’t live even a night without him’,” the taxidermist tells AFP from his studio near Lahore.
Surrounded by stuffed leopards, deer, parrots and cats, Jadoon sees his craft as both an art and a vital way to console those in pain.
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