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Former Brandon General Museum and Archives administrator Aly Wowchuk talks about her role in restoring speciments from the B.J. Hales taxidermy collection while standing in front of a pair of large owl and hawk study skins. Wowchuk's restoration work included the need to repair damage caused by an insect infestation that has affected nearly the entire collection of stuffed birds and animals. The collection is currently housed at the Brandon General Museum and Archives on Ninth Street. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun) bird study skins, part of the sprawling B.J. Hales taxidermy collection currently on display at the museum's 9th Street location. A study skin is a zoological specimen prepared in a minimalistic way with the intent being to preserve the animal's skin, not the shape of the animal's body. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)