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HI Luanne, We have a call out for any road kill to come into the museum (sometimes links with parks teams can turn up regular bodies for osteology prep), we use CITES confiscations for free educational use, if someone donates an object e.g. a turtle shell from their deceased relatives with no data, that goes to education collection and I believe that some people check in with pest controllers (not the most ethical way of getting a specimen but at least it's a use for an animal that has been killed anyway). All not very reliable or predictable ways to gather a collection quickly I'm afraid! Some butterfly houses or local animal sanctuaries may be interested in giving you any animals that have died of old age etc. The zoo here lets us have shed skins of various tropical insects and spiders to use and bird feathers that have dropped off non-CITES birds. Otherwise I use bone clones or osteological replicas - these have the bonus of being ethical and are durable but obviously there's a cost involved. Hope that’s helpful! Best Bonnie Griffin Curator: Natural History 0117 9223 596 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibitions at Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives Modern Art in Britain: Reality Questioned Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 17 Jan —31 Aug 2015 New York City Apartment/Bristol Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 28 Mar—27 Sep 2015 William Hogarth: Painter and Printmaker Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 16 May - 31 Aug 2015 Karl Blossfeldt: Art Forms in Nature Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 4 Jul - 13 Sep 2015 Nature, Camera, Action! The secrets of making incredible wildlife films M Shed, 18 Jul – 1 Nov 2015 Forward to Freedom Bristol Record Office, 28 Jul – 16 Oct 2015 Coming up: death: the human experience Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 24 Oct – 13 Mar 2016 Summer opening hours 2015: The Red Lodge Museum, The Georgian House Museum, Blaise Castle House Museum See what’s on: bristolmuseums.org.uk Follow us on Twitter: @bristolmuseum | @mshedbristol | @bristolro | @redlodgemuseum | @blaisemuseum | @HouseGeorgian Become a fan on Facebook: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | M Shed | Bristol Record Office | Blaise Castle House Museum Follow us on Instagram: @bristolmuseums -----Original Message----- From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Luanne Meehitiya Sent: 23 September 2015 14:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Ethically sourcing handling collections Hi, Our learning team have asked me for advice on how to source natural science handling collections ethically. Can anyone recommend ethical suppliers, give any general advice or comment on how they handle this? Thanks, Luanne (Birmingham Museums) [Bristol 2015 - European Green Capital – an initiative of the European Commission] <http://www.bristol2015.co.uk> ______________________________________________________________________ Council services online: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/service Keep up to date with the latest council news and sign up to our monthly email newsletter: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ournews Have your say on consultations and view our webcasts: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/consult