Georgia Legal Professionals for Animals, Inc. conducts seminars on How to Prosecute Animal Cruelty for all law enforcement personnel, attorneys, judges, veterinarians, animal control officers and animal welfare advocates. If you would like to schedule a seminar at your location, send an email to glpamembership@gmail.com.
If you would like to purchase a copy of Dr. Merck's award-winning forensics book, scroll to the bottom of this page.
You Can Help!! Make a Donation to Fund our On-going Anti-Cruelty Seminars!
Dear Friend;
Have you ever
wondered how you could make a big difference for the animals and people in your
community? Consider this your invitation to
help.
Georgia Legal Professionals for Animals, Inc. (GLPA) works tirelessly for
animals throughout the year. The volunteers seek to help animals
by
- educating law enforcement on how to prosecute animal
cruelty,
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guiding law enforcement and individuals on
what to do in cruelty cases, and
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supporting and promoting laws which
positively benefit animals in Georgia.
Your monetary donation is fully
tax deductible. If you wish to make a donation to GLPA to help us fund future anti-cruelty training programs for law enforcement, please send any amount you can. No donation is too small.
Go to pay pal or send
checks to: GLPA, 2451 Cumberland Pkwy, Suite
3212 , Atlanta, GA 30339-6157. Thank you for making a
difference!
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Purchase Your Copy of the Award-winning animal forensics book by GLPA's own Dr. Melinda Merck Here!
Forensic
Investigation of Animal Cruelty:
A Guide for Veterinary and Law
Enforcement Professionals
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By Leslie Sinclair, D.V.M., Melinda Merck, D.V.M., and Randall
Lockwood, Ph.D.
Veterinarians have a key role to play in recognizing
and addressing animal abuse. A
comprehensive introduction to the field, Forensic Investigation of Animal Cruelty provides
essential information and techniques that will help veterinarians respond
effectively when animal cruelty is suspected. This book is required reading for
animal shelter, veterinary, investigative and law enforcement
professionals.
Comprehensive introduction
to veterinary forensic
investigation
Some of the topics covered include: legal and
legislative definitions of cruelty to animals; the veterinarian as an
investigator of cruelty to animals and as an expert witness in animal-cruelty
cases; collecting, preserving, and presenting the findings of a veterinary
forensic investigation; examining the crime scene; and examining surviving and
deceased victims. Also included are
step-by-step analyses of thermal injuries, blunt-force trauma, sharp-force and
projectile injuries, asphyxia, drowning, poisoning and other causes of death and
injury.
Paperback
7" x 10", 268 Pages, 22 Color Plates
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