Usually he resists the urge to point this out. Anyway, taxidermists do have their standards. They don't allow gory fight scenes in shows, for instance, and people can' t just blow away a canary in order to mount something small. Taxidermists also don't want to see Rover mounted for posterity. But he figures a pet owner would never be completely happy with the result.
Pets are a no-no.
We're not funeral directors. They're more like painters, sculptors and animal behaviorists, with a little bit of floral designer thrown in. It has to flow. Not like those steakhouse heads, which seem to haunt Mr. Noem. Talking about them, he almost sounds like one of the animal lovers.