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Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications

The continued development and integration of wildlife forensic science as a field will be critical for successful management of the many significant conservation issues related to the illegal wildlife trade and wildlife law enforcement. The Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory examines, identifies, and compares evidence using a range of scientific procedures and instruments, to link suspect, victim, and crime scene with physical evidence. A helpful textbook in wildlife forensics is: Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications.

The book provides an accessible and practical approach to the key areas involved in wildlife forensics. The book contains numerous global case studies throughout the text that take the reader from the field, to the lab analysis to the court room, giving a complete insight into the path of forensic evidence and demonstrating how current techniques can be applied to wildlife forensics. With numerous global examples of various types of wildlife crimes, this is a useful reference for the application of forensic techniques to the field of wildlife crime. It covers a number of different areas in forensics, entomology, hair identification, use of DNA for individualization and species identification. The book contains approaches that wildlife forensic investigators and laboratory technicians can employ in investigations and effectively illustrates various methods through case studies. It provides the direction and practical advice required by legal and wildlife conservation officers seeking to gain the evidence needed to prosecute wildlife crimes.