Leading researchers from Russia, Spain, India, Germany, South Africa, the United Kingdom, China, Portugal and other countries have gathered at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in Moscow for a working meeting devoted to the rehabilitation and reintroduction of large mammal predators.

Specialists and researchers at environmental organisations that are engaged in rare mammal species conservation efforts will discuss the current projects and programmes for rehabilitation and reintroduction of the Amur and South China tigers, as well as the Far Eastern leopards, Persian leopards and rare clouded leopards, lynxes, cheetahs, lions and other large predators.

A number of general issues regarding reintroduction will also be highlighted, including zoo-based reintroduction, the use of telemetric data from satellites to monitor the populations of rare predators, and cooperation between conservationists and government or non-commercial organisations.

The meeting is being held at the RAS Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution on 25-27 November in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Russian Geographical Society and the Amur Tiger Centre.