New Orleans Taxidermy

10/31/2026

Stills from The Pet Cemetery Murders streaming on HBO Max

10/31/2026

Animals of on screen for this HBO Max documentary about the 1985 murder of a Louisiana pet cemetery owner.
Decades later, a man approaches law enforcement, saying he’s desperate to be rid of her ghost, which has been demanding justice.
What seems merely macabre is soon seen to have more and stranger layers than could be imagined, deeply entwined in southern society, superstition, place, and history.
A pleasure to work with Philip Cairney and his wonderful team to give visual weight to this humanizing dimension of Dorothy Thompson’s life

10/30/2026

🐾🎺❤️ Y’ALL, WE ARE GETTING SO EXCITED! 💜💚💛

It’s hard to believe our New Orleans Pet Memorial Second Line Parade is almost here! We have poured so much love and heart into making this day special, and we honestly can’t wait to see all of your faces along the parade route! 🥹❤️

To everyone who has registered, shared our posts, told a friend, or simply cheered us on — THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS! Your support means more to us than you know. 🐾

We can’t wait to hear that brass band, see everyone come together, and celebrate the precious pets who will forever hold a place in our hearts. 🌈🎺

📅 Sunday, November 1st
⏰ 12:30 PM | Pre-Pawty
📍 The Rampart Treehouse, 740 N. Rampart St.

🐾 Following the second line, please join us at Cosimo’s for a special Blessing of the Pets. A beautiful way to end our celebration of love, remembrance, and the special bond we share with our furry family members. ❤️

🎟️ Still need to register or get your tickets?
🌐 www.nolapetmemorialparade.com

We can’t wait to share this special day with y’all! Let’s make some beautiful memories while honoring the ones who gave us so many. ❤️🐾🌈

10/28/2026

🦜💚 🪽

10/28/2026

A little website refresh just launched!

One of the biggest changes- full body pet taxidermy will be have very limited availability going forward.
🐕🐈🐇

Taking on only a few life size pets memorials per year will allow me to give my full attention to replicating the subtle personal nuances of each pet’s individual physiognomy. 🎨 🖌️

Apart from these select few, I will continue to offer richly detailed and lovingly prepared preservation of individual pet parts, such as tails and paws. 🐾 🤍🌹

10/22/2026

An anole hiding herself amongst the tools today.

The invasive green ones can turn brown, the native brown ones can turn green.
Who can say whether this is a friend or foe?

09/29/2026

Client commission of a darling pet chicken. Silkies are a unique breed, with fluffy plumage, feathered legs and feet, black skin, and six toes on each foot!

09/22/2026

🪇🐍🤠 Sound on for full effect!
Client with a sense of humor about to give someone a heart attack

09/15/2026

07/09/2026

Their path is shorter than ours. The only good thing about this painful truth is that they don’t know it.
We do, and so we plan ahead for the day our paths diverge.
Pet owners can’t know what kind of health and quality of life decisions lie ahead, but we can think about what our priorities will be, what resources we have, and where our pet’s best interests lie at the end of life.
As someone who offers pet taxidermy, I get to support people after these decisions have been made. There’s often considerable emotional aftermath, but it can be a relief to realize that in choosing and designing a pet memorial, we’re responsible only for our own feelings.
With our pet’s final care decisions behind us, we get to focus on grieving, reflecting, and honoring their memory in whatever form feels most appropriate.

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