Investigating the Underbelly of Animal Crime Scenes

Veterinarian for pets

The world of forensics combines crime scene investigation and proven scientific tests and techniques to uncover the often grisly details of a crime. With a core course on “Animal Crime Scene Processing”, that world is evolving to protect the animal kingdom too, thanks to a new program at the University of Florida.

There may be around 13,000 people working in the traditional forensic sciences, but that number suddenly grew as the University Florida, one of the best vet colleges in the country, certified its first class of veterinary forensic scientists, or pet veterinarians that can investigate animal abuses, cruelty cases and crime scene evidence.

We think of the made for television, homicide crime scene investigators, but at the worlds first veterinary forensic sciences class there are now vets that d