Questions about animal cruelty are becoming more common, due to the link between animal abuse and domestic violence. Because of the upsurge in animal cruelty cases, requests for professional opinion/expert witness information has increased. To date, there has not been a good reference for investigating cruelty cases. This book fills that gap, providing a thorough and straightforward resource for recognizing abuse, reporting it to the proper authorities, and conducting medical evaluations that will hold up in court.

This book directs you in taking a history based on physical evidence: condition of the body, infestation of parasites, examination for fractures, body exhumation, etc. You will learn to identify the causes of wounds (shotgun, rifle, etc.). Included are the classifications of burns and how to compute total body area of burns. You will even learn about ritual crimes, vampirism, mutilation, and religions that use (abuse) animals.

This is a book that should be in every clinic. I am sure that most of the readers will have had an animal presented where abuse was suspected. This book will be very useful in those cases.