Wife shocked to discover late husband's hidden taxidermy collection including lion's head

A wife who found her late husband's secret taxidermy collection in the loft of her Worcestershire home, will be putting the items up for auction soon. Julie Gittoes, who is 62-years-old and from Blakedown near Kidderminster, had no idea her late husband Kevin had a collection of cased animals hidden in the attic, until she recently had some building work done. Ms Gittoes said: “I was never allowed into the loft but, after I lost Kevin, I needed some work done in the attic. "The workman said to me, ‘Did you know there are a lot of boxes up there?’ I found 12 pieces of taxidermy I had no idea about. "I’m amazed Kevin managed to squirrel them away without me knowing." A collection of birds and animals including a Lions head with real teeth, Rabbit, badger, fox, hartebeest (African antelope), plains zebra and a multitude of fish and birds were all found hidden away.