An Open Abdomen

This is the raccoon that I skinned this past weekend. It is a female, and I did NOT kill her. She was road kill. I took her into my Human Anatomy Class (where we dissect cats) and I dissected her there as a preamble to my cat dissection. I learned a lot! I now have her pelt drying out. She was only two years old

Please note:
I am not for the killing of animals for the sole purpose of their use for taxidermy or for the sole use of their pelts. I love animals as much as any PETA member out there, and I treat them as I would want to be treated. Yes, I would want my body to be put to use if I were not occupying it anymore. I am okay with the killing IF it is 1. legal, 2. every part of the body is used (ie, the meat, the bones, the pelt, taxiderm it, use it for education), and 3. the animal is respected in even in death. I mainly work on roadkill, and put their death to some use instead of getting hit repeatedly by cars.
Thank you for your understanding.