Veterinary Aspects of Forensic Medicine: Wild Animals – Wildlife Forensic Pathology

Forensic pathologic changes in animals are closely parallel to those in humans. Electrothermal burns, toxicities, and gunshot wounds cause similar effects to the body, whether that is the body of Homo sapiens or Canis lupus . This chapter describes some common results of human–wildlife and wildlife–wildlife conflict, and describes the techniques used in the forensic pathology investigation of wild animal death.