Ivory, rhino horns and stuffed heads of animals removed from Royal Trophy room in Sandringham

#Sandringham #rhinohead #ivory #PrinceWilliam It had been a tradition to display stuffed rhino heads and gleaming white tusks in the Royal Trophy room at Sandringham as memories of a bygone era when hunting wild animals and proudly displaying the stuffed remains was a pastime of the royalty. But, it is now becoming an embarrassment for Prince William, the animal welfare crusader.
A decision has been taken to remove all such items from view in keeping with the feelings of the age of political correctness – hence, the Queen’s Norfolk estate has removed from public display every last piece of hunting memorabilia. These have now been replaced with what one visitor called ‘trinkets and bric-a-brac’.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 6 April 2015.

There were 62 exhibits in all and these included an Indian tiger, a leopard, skins and tusks – these have been moved into storage. The blood-red walls have been painted white, and a sign outside the Sandringham museum indicates the need to fall in line with changing times which has necessitated end for some exhibits.
The museum had opened in 1928 to house George V’s collection of ‘big game trophies’, but, in the world of today, the gun has been replaced by the camera to capture the beauties of wild animals.
It may be recalled that Prince William had denounced the illegal wildlife trade in ivory, rhino horn and endangered animal parts during a speech in Washington DC. And, he had also called for the Royal Family’s ivory collection to be destroyed.

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