Until ordered by the reigning police commissioner to remove them, NYPD Transportation Chief Michael Scagnelli, an avid hunter, had filled much of his office with taxidermy trophies. Now all of those stuffed deer and birds have a new home, the New York Daily News said Sunday.

One source said the presence of the animal trophies had gotten out of hand and had even expanded beyond Scagnelli's personal office.

"Going to his office was like going to the Museum of Natural History. And it wasn't just his private office, it was in the outer office, too, where everyone else had their desks. There was a gigantic bird on someone's desk," the source said.

The Daily News said the only animal to survive the remodeling was a singing deer head that one source said brings levity to the office area.

"This can be a grim job," the source said. "What's wrong with a little humor?"