Trends in wildlife rehabilitation rescues and animal fate across a six-year period in New South Wales, Australia.
Trends in wildlife rehabilitation rescues and animal fate across a six-year period in New South Wales, Australia.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0257209
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Stathis P
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作者：
Kwok ABC;Haering R;Travers SK;Stathis P
在全球范围内，每年有数百万只动物被野生动物护理人员拯救和康复。在这一过程中收集的信息有助于发现对本地野生动物的威胁，特别是那些来自人为原因的威胁。然而，很少有利用复原数据的研究包括各种各样的动物，涵盖大的地理区域，并考虑长期趋势。此外，很少有研究对动物为什么被照顾的原因以及它们的生存机会进行统计建模。这项研究利用了澳大利亚新南威尔士州688种鸟类、爬行动物和哺乳动物的野生动物康复者在六年内报告的469，553次救援。对于鸟类和哺乳动物，“被遗弃/孤儿”和“与车辆碰撞”是救援的主要原因，但对于爬行动物，这是“不合适的环境”。整体救援人数在冬季最低，春季最高，与6倍以上的“被遗弃/孤儿”的个人在春季比冬季。在已知动物命运的364，461次救援中，92%属于两类：“死亡”，“死亡或安乐死”（已知命运的救援的54.8%）和恢复并随后释放的动物（已知命运的救援的37.1%）。动物命运模型表明，动物存活的可能性（即：被释放、留下观察或永久护理的机会）与救援原因有关。一般来说，涉及身体创伤（碰撞、袭击等）的救援原因与“不合适的环境”、“被遗弃/孤儿”等其他原因相比，动物生存的可能性要低得多，而且这也表明了对动物是鸟类、爬行动物还是哺乳动物的某种依赖性。这表明，恢复工作可以集中在特定的威胁或类群，以最大限度地提高成功率，这取决于预期的结果。这些结果说明了康复志愿者和专业人员对动物福利和未来野生动物康复的改善所做的大量工作。
Globally, millions of animals are rescued and rehabilitated by wildlife carers each year. Information gathered in this process is useful for uncovering threats to native wildlife, particularly those from anthropogenic causes. However, few studies using rehabilitation data include a diverse range of fauna, cover large geographical areas, and consider long-term trends. Furthermore, few studies have statistically modelled causes of why animals come into care, and what are their chances of survival. This study draws on 469,553 rescues reported over six years by wildlife rehabilitators for 688 species of bird, reptile, and mammal from New South Wales, Australia. For birds and mammals, ‘abandoned/orphaned’ and ‘collisions with vehicles’ were the dominant causes for rescue, however for reptiles this was ‘unsuitable environment’. Overall rescue numbers were lowest in winter, and highest in spring, with six-times more ‘abandoned/orphaned’ individuals in spring than winter. Of the 364,461 rescues for which the fate of an animal was known, 92% fell within two categories: ‘dead’, ‘died or euthanased’ (54.8% of rescues with known fate) and animals that recovered and were subsequently released (37.1% of rescues with known fate). Modelling of the fate of animals indicated that the likelihood of animal survival (i.e. chance of: being released, left and observed, or permanent care), was related to the cause for rescue. In general, causes for rescue involving physical trauma (collisions, attacks, etc.) had a much lower likelihood of animals surviving than other causes such as ‘unsuitable environment’, ‘abandoned/orphaned’, and this also showed some dependence upon whether the animal was a bird, reptile, or mammal. This suggests rehabilitation efforts could be focused on particular threats or taxa to maximise success, depending on the desired outcomes. The results illustrate the sheer volume of work undertaken by rehabilitation volunteers and professionals toward both animal welfare and to the improvement of wildlife rehabilitation in the future.
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