necropsy

According to necropsies performed on recovered whales, many of them died from collisions with ships.

Officials performed a necropsy, an autopsy for animals, and tissue samples were taken to be analysed.

The lion weighed nearly 53 pounds and had nothing in her stomach during the attack, according to the necropsy results released from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife last week.

"We've managed to retrieve his remains and put him in a cooled area, in preparation for a necropsy by the veterinary institute," he told AFP news agency.

The actor said that a necropsy performed on Oliver showed no signs of him having bitten or violently attacked anyone.