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Nature Conservation 1/2013 — 12. 5. 2013 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
Pokorná Z..: Monitoring Wild Animals Released from Wild Animal Rescue Stations into the Wild after T
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In abroad, wild animals released into the wild after treatment are monitored by most professional wildlife rescue stations and centres.
The activity is also carried out by the National Network of Wild Animal Rescue Stations in the Czech Republic, run by the Czech Union for Nature Conservation (ČSOP). Up-to-date results of the monitoring show that wild animals released into the wild after their treatment in wild animal rescue stations are able to embody back into nature and successfully survive without human assistance there. Moreover, similarly to all wild animals, they are threatened by various factors, e.g. road traffic, various solid barriers, overhead power lines and electricity pylons, etc. Thus, monitoring them after having been released can help to identify these threats and consequently to minimize or even to eliminate them. Telemetry allows to precisely monitor the wild animals released, to find them in the field and to watch them without disturbing or capturing them. In future, the monitoring wild animals released into the wildfrom wild animal rescue stations after their treatment should continueto increase the number of monitored individuals. The data gathered shall be used for improving the care for injured wild animals in rescue stations, particularly when preparing them for the release and when seeking for the most appropriate site for such a release.