WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE RETURNED TO THE WILD?
We arent fond of statistics because numbers dont reveal the whole story. Any wild animal able to be captured is typically in very bad shape. On average, 50% of our patients survive. That is actually very high considering the condition the animals are in when we get them. Much depends on the species and the type injury. Some species tend to survive more often than others. For example, squirrels have a higher survival rate – in general – than songbirds or baby rabbits. The type of injury plays a major role as well. Cat bites are more often fatal than just about any other type injury. But each animal and its situation is taken on a case-by-case basis. Even the patients that dont make it die warm, safe, comfortable, and loved. As we all know, statistics can be manipulated. For example, some rehab facilities do not count the animals they euthanize, even though they may euthanize 50% of patients immediately after intake. Others only count those that died after three days. That, of course, wi
We arent fond of statistics because numbers dont reveal the whole story. Any wild animal able to be captured is typically in very bad shape. On average, about 50% survive. That is actually very high considering the condition the animals are in when we get them. Much depends on the species and the type injury. Some species tend to survive more often than others. For example, squirrels have a higher survival rate – in general – than songbirds or baby rabbits. The type of injury plays a major role as well. Cat bites are more often fatal than just about any other type injury. But each animal and its situation is taken on a case-by-case basis. Even though we’ve been doing this work for decades, we still mourn every single loss just as we did when we first started. We know that the patients here that dont make it die warm, safe, comfortable, and loved, but we still want to save each and every one. As we all know, statistics can be easily manipulated, which is another reason we don’t like usi
