About the Authors

Craig Packer

packer@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Margaret Kosmala

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Hilary S. Cooley

Affiliation Wildlife Demographics, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Henry Brink

Affiliation Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, Kent University, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Lilian Pintea

Affiliation The Jane Goodall Institute, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

David Garshelis

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States of America

Gianetta Purchase

Affiliation The Zambesi Society, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Megan Strauss

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Alexandra Swanson

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Guy Balme

Affiliation Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Luke Hunter

Affiliation Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Kristin Nowell

Affiliation Cat Action Treasury, Cape Neddick, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP MK KN. Performed the experiments: MK. Analyzed the data: CP MK HB LP KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK HC HB LP DLG GP MS AS GB LH KN. Wrote the paper: CP DLG KN.