|
James Jackson is an experienced taxidermist who has always enjoyed a strong interest in animals and natural
history.
A keen angler, James has over 30 years' experience in the field and much of his work is on permament
display at museums, chiefly the National Museum in Liverpool.
During his career, he has served as a judge for the
Guild of Taxidermists and was one of only 16 professional members allowed to judge the work of others.
He has worked
on a wide variety of species over the years from leatherback turles and whales to exotic birds and mammals including a toucan,
a kangaroo rat, a rhinoceros, a lion, a cheetah and a number of Canadian wolves, to mention just a few!
As a skilled
craftsman, James sees himself very much as a preserver of animals - some of which are becoming increasingly threatened with
extinction as time goes by.
"I think it would be terrible if our threatened species were to become extinct,"
he says.
"But it would be even worse if we then had no physical record of their existence for future generations."
His work has been featured on TV and in the printed media.
Born in Huyton, Liverpool, James still lives
on Merseyside, but is planning to move to Dumfries and Galloway in south-west Scotland with his wife Jill, to take advantage
of the unspoilt natural surroundings including some of the best fishing rivers to be found anywhere in Britain.
|
|
