Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
"The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb
Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson
"Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest
Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin
The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer
Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon
Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning
The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls
The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin
Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin
An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.