About
Who does this work
We are a small lab in Port Chester, New York. We preserve cats and dogs by freeze drying, and we have done it for hundreds of families. The work is slow, quiet and largely invisible. That is the point.
The lineage
Where it comes from
The practice traces back to Mike “Mac” McCullough of Mac’s Taxidermy, who spent decades proving that a pet could be kept as they actually were rather than rebuilt to look like it. His work was covered by 20/20 and the Wall Street Journal long before most people had heard the words freeze dry.
We learned the method in that lineage and we have not tried to modernize it into something faster. Cold and vacuum do the work. Everything else is patience and attention.
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What we believe
01
Say the true thing
We will tell you how long it takes and what it costs, even when the answer is longer or more than you hoped.
02
Only cats and dogs
We do not take wildlife. Staying narrow is how the work stays good.
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No rush, ever
Some people call within the hour. Some call a week later. We answer the same way both times.
Press
Slate
On the families who choose preservation.
The U.S. Sun
Inside the lab, and the months it takes.
60 Second Docs
A short film about the work.
Local TV
Westchester and Connecticut coverage.
20/20
Mac's Taxidermy, where the practice began.
Wall Street Journal
The early reporting on freeze-dry preservation.
The lab
Come and see it
168A Irving Ave, Suite 500B, Port Chester, NY 10573. By appointment only, so you are never sharing the room with anyone else. We serve New York City, Westchester and Fairfield County in person, and ship nationwide.