I've lost count of how many I've dissected! I've raised chickens (chicken dinners). I was a bio major first time around in college and the lab assistant. As a kid I fished a lot, and Dad was too squeemish to clean his own fish! Second time around in college, I was a psych major, but did work/study as the bio lab assistant (again). They had a freezer full of dead critters waiting for processing. I skinned them, and stuffed them, cleaned up the skulls, preserved their organs, etc. (Incidentally, they were road kill- no animal was killed for our collection.)The freezer was empty by the time I left school. Even stuffed a skunk! (bio smells don't bother me much- but some chemical make me feel ill!) Being a shameless pagan, I thank each animal for their gift to me and then dissect/butcher them without any hassle.- Granny:hippy: