Fatal gunshot injuries in the common buzzard Buteo buteo L. 1758 – imaging and ballistic findings
| Autor: | Filip Rzepiński, B.J. Bartyzel, Sławomir Paśko, Grzegorz Bogiel, Alfred Staszak, M. Dzierzecka, J. Bonecka, Filip Pankowski, Joanna Misiewicz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Conservation of Natural Resources Forensic Ballistics Ballistics Case Report Computed tomography 01 natural sciences Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine biology.animal medicine Animals Humans 030216 legal & forensic medicine Raptors biology medicine.diagnostic_test 010401 analytical chemistry Single shot Heavy metals General Medicine Anatomy Buteo buteo biology.organism_classification 0104 chemical sciences Buzzard Bullet Geography Firearm Shot (pellet) Wounds Gunshot Crime Poland Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology |
| ISSN: | 1556-2891 1547-769X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12024-018-0017-4 |
| Popis: | The conservation of the common buzzard is assured by the European Union law. In Poland, this wild bird is under strict species protection and it is used as a bioindicator for heavy metals in the environment. A case of the fatal shooting of a buzzard with a firearm by an unidentified shooter is described here. Macroscopic evaluation, X-ray imaging, post-mortem computed tomography, ballistic examination of the isolated bullets and finally a simulation of the assumed position of the bird at the time of the shot were performed. Numerous pellets were found inside the body, together with multiple bone fractures and central nervous system trauma. The buzzard died most probably as a result of spinal cord injury from a single shot that was fired from a smoothbore hunting gun. Collected evidence was insufficient to identify the shooter, which sadly confirms that identification of the perpetrator in wildlife forensics remains low. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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