Editing Skinning (section)

{{Short description|Removal of skin}}
{{About|the act of skin removal | other uses}}
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'''Skinning''' is the act of [[skin]] removal. The  process is done by [[human]]s to [[animal]]s, mainly as a means to prepare the [[meat]] beneath for [[cooking]] and [[eating|consumption]], or to harvest the skin for making [[fur clothing]] or [[tanning (leather)|tanning]] it to make [[leather]]. The skin may also be used as a [[trophy]] or [[taxidermy]], sold on the [[fur trade|fur market]], or, in the case of a declared [[pest (organism)|pest]], used as proof of kill to obtain a [[bounty (reward)|bounty]] from a government health, agricultural, or game agency.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/biosecurity/pest-animals/victorian-fox-and-wild-dog-bounty/bounty-terms-and-conditions|title= Victorian fox and wild dog bounty / Bounty terms and conditions |website= agriculture.vic.gov.au}}</ref>

Two common methods of skinning are '''open skinning''' and '''case skinning'''. Typically, large animals are open skinned and smaller animals are case skinned.<ref>Churchill 1983, p.2.</ref>