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- Title
Causes of morbidity of Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo) and Long-Eared Owls (Asio otus) at a Hungarian wildlife rescue centre between 2014 and 2016.
- Authors
SÓS-KOROKNAI, Viktória; GÁL, János; MAROSÁN, Miklós; TÓTH, Tamás; SÓS, Endre
- Abstract
The aim of our study was to examine the cases of Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo) and Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) treated at the Wildlife Rescue Center at the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden in Hungary over the course of a three-year period. These species were chosen as part of this study as they are the most abundant diurnal and nocturnal raptors at the rescue facility and the causes, which warranted rescue in their cases could be extrapolated to other species and raptor-related conservation problems in a broader sense. Emphasis was placed on determining the cause of admittance of these individuals and whether or not rehabilitation was possible with various ailments. We found that in Common Buzzards (n=42), rehabilitation and release was achieved in 31.0% of the cases (n=13), with orphaned juvenile birds having the highest rate of success, 31.0% (n=13) were humanely euthanized, 28.6% (n=12) died at the rescue center and 9.5% (n=4) were placed in captive facilities for breeding and education purposes. Of the Longeared Owls (n=35) brought into the rescue center during this timeframe, altogether 37.1% (n=13) were released back into the wild with juvenile individuals being the most highly represented, 22.8% (n=8) were humanely euthanized, 20.0% (n=7) died and 20.0% (n=7) were placed in a captive setting. We were thus able to see, that raptor and owl patients which were orphaned had highest rate of rehabilitation compared to the other categories in our study. Traumatic injuries were presented in the greatest number in both the Common Buzzard and the Long-eared Owl.
- Subjects
HUNGARY; BUDAPEST (Hungary); WILDLIFE rescue; BIRDS of prey; WILDLIFE conservation; BUZZARDS; OWLS; BOTANICAL gardens
- Publication
Biharean Biologist, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1843-5637
- Publication type
Article