Rabbits don't have much flesh on the feet so they will preserve in the chemicals.
Rather than feeling removed from the process through exposure, I find the process very intimate. Small details such as grass in the mouths of the animals make you realise it was eating before momentarily looking up and being shot.
I'm not very good at taxidermy and although i like the results I get I have gained a great deal of respect for those who can execute it with craft and accomplishment. Traditionally the corpses where copied using cotton bound with thread to create the shape of the muscles....
Here I am rather crudely using a toothbrush to remove the sawdust sticking to the fur.
It was interesting to find that it had a layer of fat across its back. There is never any surplus fat on a wild animal.
I love and respect animals and don't generally approve of pet keeping. I certainly feel animals should have freedom to live a 'normal' life and that they should interact with their own kind.