Fatal deer attack in a rutting season
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F19%3AA21026YQ" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/19:A21026YQ - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11150/19:10403624 RIV/00843989:_____/19:E0107651
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-0048-x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-0048-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-0048-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12024-018-0048-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fatal deer attack in a rutting season
Original language description
Animal inflicted fatal or near fatal injuries are well described in the forensic literature, with the most frequently described cases involving dogs, large cats and bears. To our knowledge, a deer inflicted fatality has not been described in the forensic literature previously. This article reports a case of a 64-year-old male, who was found lying in a pool of blood near an enclosure for stags and hinds at the end of October. There were mechanical defects on his jacket and trousers, which appeared to be torn or penetrated, as well as multiple lacerations and stab wounds in different parts of his body. The type and location of the injuries the man had sustained strongly suggested that another person had been involved in the incident that had led to his death. The cause of death was deemed as external exsanguination due to multiple stab wounds to large vessels. After evaluating all of the information regarding the circumstances around the death, the case was classified as a deer attack related fatality, and the manner of death was determined to be accidental. The man was most probably attacked by one of the deer while he was refilling the animal feeder. A substantial increase in the levels of selected hormones, especially testosterone, during the rutting season explains the increased levels of aggression shown by the deer that led to a fatal outcome for the decedent.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30109 - Pathology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
FORENSIC SCIENCE MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY
ISSN
1547-769X
e-ISSN
1556-2891
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
93-96
UT code for WoS article
000458241400012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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