Sea Horse Taxidermy Wall Decoration (pair)

These seahorses are over 50 years old and were acquired from an antique dealer who could no longer house them.

Please note that seahorses are an endangered species

bertie and british pledge a donation to The British Seahorse Trust from these Seahorse Wall Decoration pieces to help with research and protecting these seahorses’ contemporaries.

The British Seahorse Survey (BSS) was set up in 1994 and is the longest running continuous survey of its kind in the world and it would not be possible without the input of so many volunteers.

The sightings from the survey are fed into the National Seahorse Database (NSD), the only one of its kind in the UK and as a result of this survey we got both British seahorses protected.

In 2008 we got both British seahorses protected as named species under the Wildllife and Countryside Act (1981 as amended). This was as a direct result and the hard work work of the 5,000 plus volunteers we have had helping us since the start of the survey and we owe them a massive vote of thanks for all their hard work.

Another achievement in 2010 was the banning of the use of flash photography on welfare grounds as we felt through our 41 years of experience that flash photography is harmful and does kill seahorses.

It is now illegal to kill, take or disturb seahorses in British waters; as well as this the habitat where seahorses are found is also protected which means that if you find a seahorse in a seagrass bed that seagrass bed is protected, good news for the seahorses abnd otehr species that live there.

Due to our knowledeg of British Seahorses we have advised many governments including the British Government through its departments such as Natural England, JNCC and DEFRA amongst others. We also helped to shape the Seahorse license that is required from MMO to set up Seahorse Surveys in our waters.