I have previously (quite often) referred to The Fox Museum owned by my colleague LM. It is a private museum not open to the public but has the distinction of having taxidermy of Old British fox types as well as extinct Scottish wild cat and I spent five years asking museums around the country if they had similarly dated specimens -the Natural History Museum London does not and neither does the National Museum of Scotland.
The museum is unique.
But the question arises as to what it is hoped to achieve with the fox masks (mounted heads) and full body taxidermies? Really the same as with the Old wild cats: to find some way of having DNA testing carried out to see how the species varied from those in Continental Europe and whether they were unique sub-species or not. The hope is to some day acquire DNA from the few remains of British wolves we know of and also ascertain their lineage.
From there the work can continue to re-write natural history books though that is going to be a hard fight considering that many establishments and organisations are acquiring funds and donations for promoting dogma but it is hoped that true scientific (open) minds will seek to take part in the research.
Sadly, despite trying since 1976, the research projects have all been "out-of-pocket" as no funding has been available for such long term projects and that still applies despite our findings and it is why DNA testing has been beyond our reach.
So, now you know what the museum is for and any questions please ask.
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