Martin Gilbert (Wildlife Conservation Society), Nadezhda Sulikhan (Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Mikhail S. Goncharuk (Zoological society of London), Tracie Seimon (Zoological Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society), Denise McAloose (Wildlife Conservation Society), Ivan V. Seryodkin (Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Far Eastern Federal University), Elena Shevtsova (United Administration of the State Nature Biosphere Reserve "Kedrovaya Pad'" and Land of the Leopard National Park"), Olga V. Uphyrkina (Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Linda L. Kerley (Zoological society of London), Melody E. Roelke (Leidos Biomed Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research), Dale G. Miquelle (Wildlife Conservation Society), Louise Matthews (Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow), Sarah Cleaveland (Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow)