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A popular taxidermy exhibit in Sioux Falls, S.D., was closed after the toxin was discovered laced throughout the specimens. Many lament the loss of the “works of art.”

The fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to be widespread

The fate of the mounted lion, bears, gorilla and other animals that have long greeted visitors entering a Sioux Falls zoo looks grim. After finding arsenic in nearly 80 percent

The fate of mounted animals that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found in the collection, creating a raging debate about whether the animals should be destroyed.

The fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakotas largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to be widespread in the taxidermy collection, creating a raging debate about whether the more than 150 animals should be destroyed.

The fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to be widespread in the taxidermy collec...

"Just don't lick the taxidermy," says Fran Ritchie, the chair of the conservation committee of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.

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The fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to be widespread in the taxidermy collection.

The fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to be widespread in the taxidermy collection, creating a raging debate about whether the more than 150 animals should be destroyed.