Profession: Senior Veterinary Medical Examiner
Field: Wildlife Forensics

A medical examiner at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory — the only crime lab in the world dedicated entirely to wildlife — Dr. Richard K. Stroud has an impressive list of credentials, including a bachelor of science, a doctorate of veterinary medicine, a master of science in veterinary pathology and a comparative pathology internship at the San Diego Zoo. Dr. Stroud's role as a veterinary medical examiner is to conduct pathological evaluations of evidence that supports law enforcement agents' investigations into the illegal killing of protected wildlife.

Episode(s):

"Forensics"
In this episode, Dr. Stroud is responsible for a "CSI-type" forensic investigation into the suspicious death of a gray wolf at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Ore. See the case study.

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