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Silent witnesses: Pets offer a fur-ensic tale
- February 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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New research confirms the potential for police forensic investigators to carefully consider the presence of pets at crime scenes as a credible new avenue for finding and investigating DNA leads to solve the case. The Long-running research by Flinders University and Victoria Police experts demonstrates how dogs and cats can be tested for indirect DNA transfer at crime scenes from people other than householders or pet owners.
Originally published at Phys.org