They killed and taxidermied it, but either 18th century taxidermy had a questionable understanding or anatomy or the corpse was in rough shape. Unfortunately the taxidermied corpse is lost, but there are woodcuts of it: https://i0.wp.com/thegoodlifefrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/beast-of-Gevaudan.jpg?ssl=1
They killed and taxidermied it, but either 18th century taxidermy had a questionable understanding or anatomy or the corpse was in rough shape. Unfortunately the taxidermied corpse is lost, but there are woodcuts of it: https://i0.wp.com/thegoodlifefrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/beast-of-Gevaudan.jpg?ssl=1
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