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"My vision for my home was to basically create a warm house," said Ms. Sisca.

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Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal 'I know that hunting is very controversial, but I wanted to do something good with the sport,' said Mr. Sisca, who hosts fund raisers in the space and opens it up to local Boy Scouts.

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Homeowner Joseph Sisca Jr., an avid hunter, says it's his very own natural-history museum.

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Mr. Sisca personally hunted each of the animals in the 6,000-square-foot space, which is painted to resemble the natural habitats of the animals on display.

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Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Sisca, an avid hunter, built his very own 6,000-square-foot natural history museum to hold the animals he's killed—he prefers the term 'harvested'—over the past 35 years.

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"I know that hunting is very controversial, but I wanted to do something good with the sport," said Mr. Sisca, who hosts fund-raisers at the museum and opens it up to local Boy Scouts.

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'I respect his passion, but I didn't like the idea of animals in our home,' Ms. Sisca said.

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Also, Sisca is the son of Gambino capo Alphonse (Funzi) Sisca, also of Englewood, who was partners with neighbor Arnold (Zeke) Squitieri.

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Sisca, 39, now works at Technical Construction of Fort Lee, N.J.

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Civil engineer and developer Joseph Sisca Jr. and his wife Diane own this New Canaan, Conn., estate.

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