Reasons for admission and post-release survival of UK rehabilitated herring gulls (<i>Larus argentatus</i>) from 1999 to 2024.

ABSTRACT: Globally, millions of animals transition through wildlife rehabilitation facilities annually. Data recorded at these facilities can be used to quantitatively assess factors which result in the animals' admittance, treatment, release, and survival, and how impacts such as high pathogen avian influenza (HPAI) has altered these parameters. Twenty-five years of records of herring gull (Larus argentatus) admittances into RSPCA Mallydams Wood Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Hastings, UK (between 1999 and 2024) were reviewed to determine admission factors and their impacts on the number of days in care and the likelihood of release. Additionally, for the years 1999 to 2010, data were collected on days of post-release survival and distances from the centre travelled from ringed and released

SUBMITTER: Thompson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558741 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature