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Central Africa
Subregional PIKE Trends The graph below shows the trends in the proportion of illegally killed elephants (PIKE) at reporting sites in Central Africa. The data underlying this chart can be...
Cause of death
Determining cause of death Determining the likely cause of death can be extremely difficult, especially with older carcasses – signs can be very hard to discover even on a fresh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Comentarios de apertura del Secretario General de la CITES en el evento paralelo de alto nivel del ICCWC durante el 13 Congreso de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Delito
El delito contra la vida silvestre y los bosques: un delito grave Evento paralelo de alto nivel durante el 13º Congreso de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Prevención del Delito...
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...
Llamamientos para que los delitos contra las especies silvestres y los delitos forestales se traten como delitos graves
Únicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA CONJUNTO Llamamientos para que los delitos contra las especies silvestres y los...