Locard’s Theory(wildlife crime)
The article discusses Locard’s Theory of trace evidence which basically implies that offenders always take and leave something left behind at a crime scene, such as fiber, biological, etc evidence.
The article directly applies this theory to wildlife-related offenses. A net, a cage, poison, or any other means used to capture or destroy wildlife must have a link to the perpetrator who set the instrument there in the first place.
TASK:
Choose any form of wildlife crime. It can be elephant tusk for ivory, tiger skin, fauna, burning down of forests; the list goes on.
After you have chosen a type of wildlife or environmental crime, explain how you believe Locard’s Theory can be applied to the actual scene where the destruction has occurred and tell us how the evidence at the scene can be linked to the offender.
This can be through comparison of netting, threads, prints on an object used; it all depends on what you chose as your example.
