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27 Abril 2015

Aging the individual

Knowing the age of an animal at the time of death is another important data point. There are two ways of ageing a dead elephant: Broad age class : classify...
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27 Abril 2015

Sexing

Male (left) and female (right) live elephants. From Kangwana (1996) “Studying Elephants”. The sex of a dead elephant can be determined by examining the animal’s body, skull and/or tusks. Telling...
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27 Abril 2015

Carcass class

Carcasses are categorised for MIKE by four broad classes. Correctly determining the actual time of death (i.e. three days, six weeks, etc) of a carcass is extremely difficult, as many...
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27 Abril 2015

Investigation process

This is an introduction to the process of investigation – the minimum steps one can follow to examine cause of death, age and sex, and other information. Many, if not...
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27 Abril 2015

Elephant carcass investigation guidelines

Welcome to the CITES MIKE carcass forensic materials section. Here we present resources for the forensic investigation of elephant carcasses by patrol staff who are gathering data on elephant mortality...
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21 Abril 2015
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La 181ª Parte: la Unión Europea

La Secretaría CITES se complace en dar la bienvenida a la Unión Europea como la 181ª Parte en la CITES. La Unión Europea es una organización regional de integración económica...
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