Start Up Success Story
EIGHT months ago Lydia Harper had never even touched a dead animal, let alone prepared, stuffed and mounted one.
But the 22-year-old’s search for a creative career path has now led her to taxidermy.
Lydia, from Gorsley, near Ross-on-Wye, made the switch after studying rural surveying and property management at university.
She read a magazine article about a taxidermy collector and thought “I want my house to look like that”.
“I have always been creative and into quirky things so I started looking at how I’d go about becoming a taxidermist,” she said.
“I went on a few courses in London, and I’ve worked with the Start 2 Great business start-up course through Herefordshire Council.”
Read the full article via Hereford Times at: https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/10656105.get-stuffed-herefordshire-womans-unusual-career-choice/
