<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I suppose you have gone the route of a taxidermy company that specializes in animal forms? There is Artistic Wildlife Creations in Campbell River, or Western Taxidermy in Delta. They may not have a mule/donkey form but they might know where to get one.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is also this pricey one from the USA: <a href="http://www.fiberstock.com/products/mule" class="">http://www.fiberstock.com/products/mule</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14,Apr, 2021, at 5:14 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" class="">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Good Afternoon BCMA Community,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Cumberland Museum & Archives is looking for a life-size mule for its new mining exhibits. We are flexible re: material, and this would be a photo op/engagement piece for children. I've searched the internet and found some less-than-stellar options, so I thought I would try the local museum community in case anyone has tips on where to procure such oddities.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><i class="">*<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">Please note the Cumberland Museum & Archives is closed to the public </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)" class=""><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">until Spring 2021 as we undertake a large scale renovation and update our</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" class=""> exhibitions and programming*</span></span></i><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class="">--</span><br class=""></div><div style="" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:10pt" class="">Lia Tarle, Ph.D.</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18px;" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Curator<font size="2" class=""> </font>| Cumberland Museum & Archives</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Tel. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">250-336-2445</span><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">|</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""> </span><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="http://www.cumberlandmuseum.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">www.cumberlandmuseum.ca</a></font></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 12.75px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;" class=""><div style="margin-bottom:12.75px" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><img src="http://www.cumberlandmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CMA_Logo_CW-e1438281593807.jpg" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;" class=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-size:10pt" class=""></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt" class=""></span></p><p class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" class=""><i class="">The Cumberland Museum & Archives respectfully acknowledges that it stands on the U<font class="">nceded traditional</font></i></font><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><i class=""><span style="" class=""> territory of the K’òmoks First Nation.</span></i></font><br class=""></p></div></div></div></div>
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