Mammals at rescue centres in the Czech Republic: Trends in intake and outcome, causes of admission, length of stay and release rate

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138122000292" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1617138122000292</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126156" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126156</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mammals at rescue centres in the Czech Republic: Trends in intake and outcome, causes of admission, length of stay and release rate

Original language description

Rescue centres in the Czech Republic care for injured, young uninjured, and otherwise physically damaged wild animals that are temporarily or permanently incapable of looking after themselves without assistance or incapable of surviving in the wild. We evaluated the numbers of mammals admitted to 37 rescue centres in the Czech Republic in a ten year period from 2011 to 2020, the causes leading to the admission of these mammals to rescue centres, their outcomes and their length of stay at rescue centres. In total, 73,499 mammals were admitted to the Czech rescue centres in the monitored period, with an increasing trend being found in the number of admissions (rSp = 0.9030, p &lt; 0.05). The mammals admitted in the largest numbers were Chiroptera (39.36%), primarily the common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), and Insectivora (35.85%), of which the largest proportion was made up of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Although according to the IUCN classification only 0.26% of admitted animals belonged among Endangered or Critically Endangered species, according to the Czech legislation, 47.21% of admitted mammals belonged to species in varying degrees of endangerment in this area. The most frequent reasons for admission were the admission of young (33.18%) with differences between the Orders -the highest number of admitted young of Rodentia (72.66% of all admitted Rodentia) and the lowest number of young of Chiroptera (2.74%). Of all mammals admitted to rescue centres, 45.83% were released back into the wild, 24.52% died at rescue centres, and 9.50% were euthanized. The highest release rate was achieved in Chiroptera (74.60%) especially those that suffered from malnutrition (63.09% of all admitted Chiroptera due to malnutrition). The length of stay was longest in young Artiodactyla released back to the wild (median 87 days). The data obtained from rescue centres provide an overview of the numbers and species of animals admitted and the outcome of their rehabilitation. Since almost half of mammals admitted could not be returned to the wild, it is also important to determine correctly which individuals should be treated and what is the most efficient use of resources for wildlife rehabilitation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal for nature conservation

ISSN

1617-1381

e-ISSN

1618-1093

Volume of the periodical

67

Issue of the periodical within the volume

June

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

UT code for WoS article

000791322700008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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