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Taxidermy cat handbag sells at auction in New Zealand

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2016-09-28 16:15China Daily Editor: Yao Lan ECNS App Download

新西兰拍卖猫标本手袋惹争议

Taxidermy cat handbag sells at auction in New Zealand

Fancy owning a handbag made out of a dead ginger cat?

有一个姜黄色的已经死亡的猫咪做成的手袋是不是很特别?

The "glamour puss" bag was put on New Zealand auction site TradeMe with a starting price of NZ$1 (£0.56) and ended up selling for 500 times that.

这个"尤物"包包被放到新西兰拍卖网站TradeMe上拍卖,起价1新西兰元(0.56英镑,约合人民币4.8元),最后以500倍于起价的价格成交.

Christchurch-based taxidermist Claire Third said she'd picked up the roadkill cat and kept it in her freezer for three months before she decided to turn the stuffed cat into a piece of art.

克赖斯特彻奇的动物标本剥制师克莱尔•瑟德说,她捡回了这只被轧死的猫,把它在冰箱里放了三个月,然后决定把这只毛茸茸的猫咪制成一件艺术品.

Reaction to the bag has been mixed, with some calling it "disgusting".

对于这个手袋,人们褒贬不一,有人认为这很"恶心".

"Not the slightest bit creative or artistic," said one of 200 comments left on the website.

"一点没有创造性和艺术感,"网站上200个评论中有一条这样写道.

Ms Third, who has been a professional taxidermist for 15 years, has said no animals were killed in the making of the bag, as she found the cat already dead on the side of the road.

瑟德从事专业动物标本剥制师一职长达15年.她说在做这个包时,没有动物被杀死.她发现这只猫时,它已经死在了路边.

She decided to turn it into a bag because "he had a particularly nice face, and the rest of him was squashed".

她之所以决定把它做成一个手包,是因为"它的脸非常精致,而它身体的其他部分被轧扁了".

The auction description says "Tom" is "a very stylish handbag for the girl that has everything".

这个拍卖的介绍说"汤姆"对"什么都不缺的女孩来说绝对是时髦之选".

"A one off purse that will grab attention wherever you go."

"绝版手包仅此一个,它让你在任何地方都成为焦点."

She has taxidermied many other animals - including a "Unicorn" made up of various animals such as llamas and pheasants - but works primarily with cats.

她还制作过其他动物的标本,其中有一个由羊驼、雉鸡和其他动物制成的"独角兽",但她做的最多的是猫标本.

"I get a lot of cats because they kill them because of the bird population," she explained.

"我有很多猫的尸体,因为人们为了保护鸟类的数量杀了很多猫,"她解释道.

  

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