International Forensic Experts
3845 Brussells Street
North Bend, Or, 97459
Telephone: (541) 756-2044
Fax: (541) 756-7470
E-mail: info@internationalforensicexperts.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
RICHARD STROUD
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Mortality of wildlife related to man’s activity including hunting violations and
other illegal take of protected species related to agricultural, energy production
and industrial activities.
Mortality of domestic species due to alleged animal abuse.
Animal mortality or other involvement of wild and/or domestic species in human
criminal cases.
Training of law enforcement and other interested persons in wildlife death
investigational techniques.
CURRENT POSITIONS
Associate, Pex Forensic Consulting, Inc.
Veterinary Forensic Consultant, Stroud Consultants Inc
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1990 – 2009: Veterinary Medical Examiner (Forensic Pathologist), United States
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Wildlife Forensic Laboratory,
Ashland, Oregon.
1987 – 1990: Environmental Contaminants Program Coordinator, Region 1,
USFWS Regional Office, Portland, Oregon.
1980 – 1987: Laboratory Diagnostician, National Wildlife Health Research
Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
1979 – 1980: Comparative Pathology Resident, San Diego Zoological Society,
San Diego, California.
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1973 – 1980: Diagnostic Pathologist / Researcher, Oregon State University
School of Veterinary Medicine, Corvallis, Oregon.
1972 – 1973: Veterinarian, Willamette Veterinary Clinic, Corvallis, Oregon.
1965 – 1968: Marine Mammal Biologist, National Marine Mammal Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seattle, Washington.
FORMAL EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science (Fisheries and Wildlife) Oregon State University 1965
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University 1972
Master of Science, Veterinary Pathology, Oregon State University 1978
Comparative Pathology Resident, San Diego Zoological Society, 1980
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
27th Annual Review of the Gross Morbid Anatomy of the Diseases of Animals,
April 9-13, 2001, C.L. Davis Foundation and the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology, Washington DC. 35 hr CEU
Review of Gross Morbid Anatomy of the Diseases of Animals. March 22 - 26,
1999. C.L. Davis Foundation and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology,
Washington DC. 34 hr CEU
Analytical and Molecular Biological Techniques in Environmental Toxicology
and Pathology. August 18 - 20, 1995. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology,
Washington DC. 35 CEU
Pesticide Effects on Minnesota Fish and Wildlife Resources: Principles,
Procedures and Utility of Incident Investigations. March 7 - 8, 1995. US Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of Environmental Contaminants, St. Paul MN.
Fundamentals of Wound Ballistics, March 26 - 28, 1994. International Wound
Ballistics Association, Sacramento, CA.
Veterinary Descriptive Pathology, June 1-4, 1993. Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology, Washington DC. 23.5 CEU
Foreign Animal Disease for Teachers of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory
Diagnosticians Course, November 16-20, 1992. US Department of Agriculture,
Plum Island, NY. 40 CEU
Essentials of Forensic Pathology, September 12-16, 1992. Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology, Denver, CO. 30 CEU
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Medico Legal Death Investigator Training Course, April 20-24, 1992. Saint Louis
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 40 CEU
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
Special Achievement Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1984, 1985, 1988
Outstanding Performance Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1988.
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Superior Performance Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995
Star Performance Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1996.
PUBLICATIONS: (Recent Publications Relative to Forensic Investigations Only Listed)
37. Mann, M.J., Espinoza, E.O., Ralston, R.M., Stroud, R.K., Scanlan, M.D. and
Strauss, S.J. 1994. "Shot Pellets: An Overview" Association of Firearm and Tool
Mark Examiners Journal, 26 (3) pp 223-241.
38. Mann, M.J., Ferguson, W., Henderson. and Stroud, R.K. 1994. "Analysis of
Unusual Home Made Shot Pellets from Louisiana". Association of Firearm and
Tool Mark Examiners Journal, 26 (3) pp242-250.
39. Stroud, R.K. 1995. “Wildlife Forensics: A new and challenging role for the
comparative pathologist.” Comparative Pathology Bulletin, Vol XXVII No. 4 pp
1-2.
40. Allen, G.T., J.K. Veatch, R.K. Stroud, C.G. Vendel, R.H. Poppenga, L.
Thompson, J.A. Shafer and W.E. Braselton, 1996. “Winter poisoning of coyotes
and raptors with furadan-laced carcass baits” J. Wildlife Dis. 32(2)pp385-389.
41. Stroud, R.K. and W.J. Adrian, 1996. “Forensic Investigational Techniques
for Wildlife Law Enforcement Investigations” pp 3-18. In: Noninfectious
Diseases of Wildlife, Second Edition, Eds. Fairbrother, A., Locke, L.N. and G.L.
Hoff, Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, USA.
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44. Stroud, R.K. 1998. Wildlife Forensics and the Veterinary Practitioner. In:
Forensic Veterinary Medicine: Seminars In Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine Ed:
Fudge, A.M. Vol. 7 (4) pp 182-192.
45. Stroud, R.K., Ralston, R.M. and Kirms, M., 1999. Investigating Wildlife
Poisoning Cases in the United States: Eight years of experience (abstract). In:
Proceedings of the 15th Triennial Meeting of the International Association of
Forensic Sciences, August 22-28, Los Angeles, CA p 277.
46. Stroud, R.K., 1999. Wildlife Forensics for the Pathologist, Proceedings of
the 50th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists,
Nov. 14-19, Chicago, IL pp 192-195.
47. Stroud, R.K., 2001. Wildlife Forensic Techniques at the USFWS Laboratory.
In: Proceedings of the Tufts Animal Expo, October 10-13, Boston, MA.
48. Stroud, R.K., 2003. Investigating Wildlife Poisoning Cases. In: Wildlife
Forensics Field Manual, 3rd edition. William J. Adrian and Danny Walker
(editors): Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officers.
49. Stroud, R.K., 2003. Examining Big Game Carcasses for Gunshot and Arrow
Wounds. In: Wildlife Forensics Field Manual, 3rd edition. William J. Adrian and
Danny Walker (editors): Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law
Enforcement Officers.
50. Stroud, R.K., 2003. Forensic Veterinary Pathology (video taped lecture 2
hr.), Veterinary Pathology Education Training Series, Distributed by C.L. Davis
Foundation for Veterinary Pathology, Gurnee, IL.
51. Stroud, R.K. 2005. Wildlife Forensics, the Role of the Veterinary
Pathologist. In: Proceedings of the 11th Annual UC Davis Wildlife Symposium,
January 29, 2005.
52. Stroud, R.K. and F. Kuncir, 2006. Investigating Wildlife Poisoning Cases,
International Game Warden Magazine, p. 8-13. Winter, 2006.
53. Stroud, R. K., 2007. Arrow Verses Gunshot - Tips For Field Investigators,
International Game Warden Magazine, p. 20-23. Spring, 2007.
54. Stroud, R. K., 2008. Handling Biological Evidence from Wildlife Crime
Scenes. International Game Warden Magazine. p. 20-27. Winter, 2008.
55. Stroud, R.K. and W. Grainger Hunt, 2009. Gunshot Wounds: A Source of
Lead in the Environment, p. 119-125, Watson, R. T., M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and
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W.G. Hunt (Eds). Ingestion of Lead from Spent Ammunition: Implications for
Wildlife and Humans, Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID, USA.
56. Stroud, R.K., 2010, Lead Ammunition: A Law Enforcement Perspective.
International Game Warden Magazine. Winter 2010.
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND TRAINING PRESENTATIONS (Forensic related
only)
32. “Investigating Wildlife Poisoning”. March 3 and 10, 1993.
USFWS Law Enforcement Annual Training Seminar, Marana, AZ
33. “Examining Wolf Predation from A Forensic Perspective”, April
1995. Rocky Mountain Wolf Meeting, Boise, ID
34. “Forensic Necropsy Examination Techniques”, August 28, 1995. USFWSAnimal Damage Control Annual Training Seminar, Big Timber, MT
35. “Wildlife Forensics Investigations”. November 1996, American
Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Annual Meeting, Little
Rock, AR
36. “Wolf Mortality: Did Red Riding Hood Kill Mr. Wolf”. NW Wildlife
Conference, Newport, OR February 15, 1996
37. “Wildlife Forensic Pathology”, Federal and State Wildlife Officers
Training, October 30, 1996, Redwood National Park, Crescent City, CA
38.“Pesticide Poisoning and Other Causes of Death in Eagles”. February 16,
1997, National Bald Eagle Conference, Klamath Falls, OR
39. “Investigating Wildlife Poisoning”. March 12 and 17, 1997.
USFWS Law Enforcement Officers Training, Marina, AZ
40. “Wolf Mortality in the Rockies,” April 9, 1997, Rocky Mountain Wolf
Meeting, Prey, MT
41. “Fundamentals of Wildlife Forensics, A Short Course”. August 17, 1997.
Wildlife Disease Association, St Petersburg, FL
42. “Forensic Pathology”. International Wildlife Forensics Training
Workshop, December 1-4, 1997, Seminario Norteamericano sobre Aspectos
Forensics de la Vida Silvestre Mexico City, Mexico
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43. “Let the Victim Speak: Wildlife Forensics for the Veterinarian”. January
24, 1998. Wildlife Medicine Symposium, University of California School of
Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
44. “Wildlife Forensics”. July 14, 1998. International Conference of Brand
Investigators, Sacramento, CA
45. “Wildlife Poisoning In the United States: A Law Enforcement
Perspective”. August 13, 1998. Wildlife Disease Association Annual Meeting,
Madison, WI
46. “Forensic Evaluations of Wolf Carcasses: Is Ms Red Riding Hood
Guilty?” August 13, 1998. Wildlife Disease Association Annual Meeting,
Madison, WI
47. “Forensic Pathology: Gunshot and Trauma”. September 11, 1998,
National Marine Fisheries Service Forensic Training Workshop, Sausalito, CA
48. “Techniques for Forensic Wildlife Examinations”, October 15,
1998. NOAA - NMFS Laboratory Presentation and Workshop, Charleston, SC
50. “Investigating Wildlife Poisoning Cases in the United States: Eight Years of
Experience”. August 25, 1999. International Association of Forensic Scientists
15th Triennial Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
51. “Principles and Practice of the Forensic Examination of Wildlife”.
September 13, 1999. Annual Symposium of the European Division of the CL
Davis Foundation for the Advancement of Veterinary Pathology, Nantes, France
52. “Wildlife Forensics for the Pathologist”, November 19, 1999. Fiftieth
Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Chicago,
IL.
53. “Forensic Pathology Training Seminar”. January 19, 2000. California Oil
Response Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
54. “Forensics Update: Wolf Mortality”, April 15, 2000. 12th Annual North
American Interagency Wolf Conference 2000, Prey, MT
55. “Radiographs - An Essential Tool for Forensic Investigations Involving
Wildlife Mortality Investigations”. June 4, 2000, Wildlife Disease Association.
Jackson Hole, WY
56. “Wildlife Forensics”, April 6, 2001 Cincinnati Zoological Society Seminar
Series, Cincinnati, OH
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57. “Wildlife Forensics Techniques at the USFWS Laboratory,” October 12,
2001 Tufts Animal Expo 2001, Boston, MA
58. “Patterns of Illegal Wildlife Poisoning in the United States: A review of
Cases Submitted to the National Wildlife Forensic Laboratory (1990 - 2001)”,
July 29, 2002, Wildlife Disease Association Annual Meeting, Arcata, CA
59. “Forensic Pathology for the Veterinary Pathologist” (4 hour seminar), May
9, 2003 West Coast Meeting of the CL Davis Foundation for Veterinary
Pathology, Ascillimar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA.
60. “Wildlife Law Enforcement in the United States” (Keynote Speaker) November 6, 2003. African Section of the Wildlife Disease Association Annual
Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa.
61. “Forensic Pathology for the Wildlife Investigator” (4 hour seminar) November 7, 2003. African Section of the Wildlife Disease Association Annual
Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa.
62. “Patterns of Illegal Wildlife Poisoning in the United States - 1990 to 2004.
October 29, 2004, Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Ashland, OR
63. “Forensic Pathology for the Wildlife Investigator” (4 hour seminar),
October 26, 2004, Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Ashland, OR
64. “Radiographs in Forensic Wildlife Cases” (Poster Session) October 26,
2004, Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, Ashland, OR
65. “Forensic Pathology for the Veterinary Diagnostician” 3 hr teaching seminar
for pathologists and pathology interns, January 28, 2005, Department of
Veterinary Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA
66. “Wildlife Forensics, the Role of the Veterinary Pathologist”, January 29,
2005. 11th Annual UC Davis Wildlife Symposium, Davis, CA
67. “Forensic Pathology for the Veterinary Diagnostician”, May 3, 2005. North
Central Chapter, American Association of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Fargo,
ND
68. “Forensic Pathology for the Wildlife Investigator: Handling Biological
Evidence from a Crime Scene”, May 30-31, 2007. Association of Midwest Fish
and Game Law Enforcement Officers, Lubrecht Experimental Forest
Conference Center, Missoula, MT
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69. “Let the Victim Speak: Considerations in Collecting Biological Evidence at
a Wildlife Crime Scene”, July 21, 2007. North American Wildlife Enforcement
Officers Association, St. Paul, MN
70. “Wildlife Forensic Pathology” August 17, 2007. Wildlife Disease
Association Annual Meeting (3 hr workshop), Estes Park, CO
71. “Forensic Pathology for the Wildlife Pathologist” April 9, 2008. CL Davis
Foundation 2nd Annual Wildlife Symposium (3 hr lecture), Madison, WI
72. “Wildlife Forensics for the Veterinary Practitioner “
(3 hr. lecture) April 11, 2008. Univ. of Florida/ASPCA, 1st Annual Veterinary
Forensics Symposium, Orlando, FL
73. “Investigating Wildlife Poisoning Cases” April 15, 2008. Association of
Midwest Fish and Game Enforcement Officers Training Workshop, Lubrecht
Experimental Forest Conference Center, Missoula, MT
74. “Handling Biological Evidence at a Wildlife Crime Scene” (2 hr lecture),
April 15, 2008, Wildlife Officers Training Workshop, Lubrecht Experimental
Forest Conference Center, Missoula, MT
75.”Gunshot Wounds: A Source of Lead in the Environment”, May 13, 2008.
International Conference on Ingestion of Spent Lead Ammunition:
Implications for Wildlife and Humans. Boise State University, Boise, ID
76. “Biological Evidence Handling” (2 hr lecture) May 5, 2009. 3rd Annual
Association of Midwest Fish and Game Enforcement Officers Training
Workshop, Lubrecht Experimental Forest Conference Center, Missoula, MT
77. “Necropsy Techniques for Wildlife Field Investigators” (2 hr lecture
demonstration) May 6, 2009. 3rd Annual Association of Midwest Fish and
Game Enforcement Officers Training Workshop, Lubrecht Experimental Forest
Conference Center, Missoula, MT
78. “Forensic Considerations for Examination of Stranded Marine Mammals”
NW Marine Mammal Stranding Network Annual Meeting, February 11, 2010.
Seward, AK
79. “Assessing Gunshot Wounds” NW Marine Mammal Stranding Network
Annual Meeting, February 12, 2010, Seward, AK
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