RSB, sadly, you and others have been misinformed on the NY CWD "outbreak". Trust me when I say its not as it seems, or as youre told.

As for PA taxidermists no longer needing an exam, thats a good move. The exam was the laughing stock of the industry, unless you were in PA. There you could use it to elevate your status from hiding out and doing taxidermy undergroundto nowproudly showing all how you finally passed the exam. The exam was a farce, of course, as it didnt control any part of the business. Once you passed, there was no controlling what goes out your door, of course. ( except through customers opinion) Hopefully your governing body that controls taxidermy now will have the foresight to have a simple permit for taxidermy so that they can know where its being conducted, and by whom. This way important info can be passed along to control the movement of trophies in and out of your state. Monitoring would be a much better word for it. Its already known that trophies dont come into states on the carcass, rather theyre now processed first. Any taxidermist with half a working brain knows, too. You folks, the consumer, polices and monitors us, the taxidermists, as far as quality, so no exam is needed. The taxidermists did NOT lobby for this for profit, rather, on principles and common sense.