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Urs BREITENMOSER, Co-chair IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group
I am a senior researcher at the University of Bern (Institute of Veterinary Virology) and the leader of the programme KORA since 1996. I am involved in research projects on carnivore ecology for 25 years and have supervised many master and doctoral theses in the frame of the Swiss carnivore projects. My main field of activity is the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx and the re-integration of this large carnivore into human dominated landscapes. I am integrated in many research and conservation programmes all over the world, and, as a carnivore and rabies specialist, involved in European projects on rabies epidemiology.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: urs.breitenmoser(a)ivv.unibe.ch T ++41-31-951 9020, F ++41-31-951 9040 |
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Christine BREITENMOSER-WÜRSTEN, Co-chair IUCN/SSC Cat SG
I am programme co-ordinator and administrative director of KORA. My professional background is ornithology, mammology, running water ecology, and genetics. I am currently involved in research projects on ecology and genetics of the Eurasian lynx, looking at population genetics of reintroduced populations. Through these projects I gained experience in molecular methods, GIS, web design and desktop publishing, which are important resources for our work as co-chairs of the Cat SG.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: ch.breitenmosre(a)kora.ch T ++41-31-951 9020, F ++41-31-951 9040 |
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Peter JACKSON, Adivsor to the Chair and Editor of Cat News
I have been involved in wildlife conservation, especially the tiger and other wild cats, for over 30 years. My interest arose during 18 years as Chief Correspondent of Reuters Newsagency in India. In 1970 I joined WWF as Director of Information. I also became Project Officer for WWF's Operation Tiger and worked closely with specialists in India who launched the government's Project Tiger. In 1983 I was invited to chair the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, a position I held until retirement in 2000.
29 Lake Close, Wimbledon, London SW19 7EG United Kingdom e-Mail: peterfr.jackson(a)virgin.net T, F ++44 (020) 8947-0159 |
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Manuela von ARX, Assistant to the Chair I graduated at the Institute of Zoology, University of Bern with a diploma thesis on chamois Rupicapra rupicapra behaviour and joined KORA in June 2001 to assist in the Cat Specialist Group’s members and friends administration. I was responsible for conducting the Pan-European survey and information platform on the status and conservation of the Eurasian lynx in Europe (“ELOIS”), a tool that is currently developed for wolverine, brown bear and wolf, as well. I am involved in different conservation projects of which the recovery programme for the Balkan lynx is the most important (coordination, information, communication, capacity building) and take care, among other things, of the maintenance of both the Balkan Lynx and Iberian Lynx Conservation Compendia.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: m.vonarx(a)kora.ch T ++41-31-951 7040, F ++41-31-951 9040
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Kristin NOWELL In 2009 I celebrate my 20th anniversary as a Cat SG member. I have supported the Group's work by helping compile its 1996 Cat Action Plan, and since 1994 coordinate cat classification on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. I have worked on many different aspects of cat conservation, including conservation planning, anti-poaching, community partners, fund-raising, status assessments, and cheetah ecology in Namibia's Etosha National Park. In 1995 I established CAT (Cat Action Treasury) to support Cat Group members and priorities. I am an expert on the tiger bone medicinal trade, and serve as advisor to the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. I have lived in China as well as Africa, and travel widely from my solar-powered home base in the Maine woods.
CAT - Cat Action Treasury, P.O. Box 332 Cape Neddick, ME 03902, U.S.A. e-Mail: cat(a)felidae.org |
Cat Specialist Group Members – Some 200
international cat experts that form the Cat Specialist Group. Friends of the Cat Group - Individual and
institutional supporters of the Cat Specialist Group. Friends are subscribers
to Cat News and have access to the Digital Cat Library. |