South Dakota’s Legislature has made it easier for the city of Sioux Falls to find new homes for more than 150 taxidermy animals of its arsenic-contaminated collection. A bill headed to Gov. Kristi Noem’s desk would allow the city to donate the collection to an out-of-state nonprofit. The bill sailed through the Legislature and would take effect July 1. No decision has yet been made as to the collection’s future. A city working group is awaiting a consultant’s analysis of the specimens as to their conditions and costs and options for restoration.





