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BOURNEMOUTHUNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION SCIENCES

AN ASSESSMENT OF AVIAN AND OTHER SCAVENGING OF AN ANIMAL CARCASS AT KATERNIAGHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, DISTRICT BAHRAICH, UTTAR PRADESH – INDIA, AND ITS FORENSIC IMPLICATIONS.

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN

FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY: CRIME SCENE AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS

By

SHAMSHAD (ROMA) KHAN

FEBRUARY 2006

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