Description:Content: Nature of wildlife crimes, their investigations and scientific processes / Adrian Linacre -- Illegal trade and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) / John M. Sellar -- Microscopic examinations in wildlife investigations / Vivek Sahajpal and S.P. Goyal -- Species identification using DNA loci / Adrian Linacre and Shanan S. Tobe -- DNA profiling markers in wildlife forensic science / Rob Ogden -- Determining the geographic origin of animal samples / Shanan S. Tobe.