Hi, We're about to embark on a major exhibits renovation project and we would like to pest treat all of the taxidermy that is coming off exhibit and going back into storage. This includes numerous large animals (antelope, bears, large cats) and we do not have a freezer large enough to treat them in. We'd ideally like to avoid shipping all of these specimens due to the risk of damage. We are looking at either freeze treatment or fumigation (which I'm sure won't be a good option for everyone on the list but it has some advantages in our situation that we can't ignore). We've pretty much eliminated anoxic treatment due to its slowness and technical complexity.
I'm wondering if anyone in the mid-Atlantic region has experience with a vendor who is able to bring a truck capable of either freeze treatment or fumigation onsite? We have plenty of space to park a truck and feel that moving specimens into and out of a truck will be much safer than shipping them to a facility for treatment. I'm also interested in hearing from anyone who has done this at their facility so I can get any advice they might have to offer. Thanks for any suggestions! Jean Jean L. Woods, Ph.D. Phone: 302-658-9111 x314 Curator of Birds Fax: 302-658-2610 Delaware Museum of Natural History [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P.O. Box 3937 www.delmnh.org<http://www.delmnh.org/> (4840 Kennett Pike) Wilmington, DE 19807 Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection<http://www.delmnh.org/feast-on-the-beach/> - a film from the Delaware Shorebird Project -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/29e8da4490f64dbd9d5399c680f3ce40%40DMNH-MAIL02.dmnh.delmnh.org.
