ABSTRACT
Some types of eldwork involving wildlife are dictated by the species with which one is dealing. A marine mammal case is an example. Whether alive or dead, the animal will be either in the sea or on the shore and both locations present challenges. Campbell-Malone
Introduction 161 Practical Considerations 162 Legal Considerations 164 Cultural Considerations 165 Personnel 165 Performing Forensic Work in the Field 166
Planned Fieldwork 166 Opportunistic Forensic Work in the Field 167
Use of Field Equipment 168 Special Equipment 171 Examination of Live Animals in the Field 172 Examination of Dead Animals in the Field 172 Basic Post-Mortem Technique for Use in the Field 176 Laboratory Work in the Field 177 Sample-Taking in the Field 179 Recording and Collating Findings in the Field 179 Conclusions 180
and Bogomolni (see ‘Marine Mammals: A Special Case’ section in Chapter 13) put this graphically when they say that ‘coastal clis, remote islands, unstable pack ice and rocky, wave-inundated beaches oen prove to be insurmountable obstacles preventing carcase retrieval … currents and tides can also move buoyant carcases great distances from the original place of death, making it impossible to analyse the scene’ (Figure 7.1).
