Sarah Palin decorated her Alaska office with a massive bearskin, shot by her father. Shawn Henderson at the Huffington Post is appalled. (Who he? The eBay design director. Who knew they had one?)
Taxidermy is a tricky subject--animal lovers hate it, no matter how long ago the animal died, decorators love it, especially the out sized and/or rare. The September Vanity Fair ran a story by Olga of Greece, (royals don't use last names, except for the Windsors, who aren't really named Windsor, but that's a different story) about the rebirth of the famed French animal stuffing atelier, Deyrolle, after a devastating fire.
Apartment Therapy frequently riles up the faithful readership with posts featuring animal skins, heads, etc.
