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Abstract：
Wildlife rescue centres are specialised units with ecological, conservational and veterinary medical activities, which include treatment, rehabilitation, breeding and releasing rare and endangered wild animals into their natural habitat, as well as environmental education. These centres provide an opportunity to monitor ongoing ecological changes in wildlife, environmental pollution and emerging diseases. With the present study, we aimed to analyse the causes and conservation status of the largest wildlife rehabilitation centre in Bulgaria. A total of 18,720 patients, from 26 orders with various conservation statuses and different etiology, have been admitted to the rehabilitation centre for over 25 years. The summarised results showed that 40% of the patients were admitted with an unknown etiology and the proportion of anthropogenic causes was 18%. Natural factors related to incidents with wild animals were 32%, while a share of 10% of the wildlife which resided at the WRBC referred to a part of re-introduction programmes. This type of analysis of wildlife rehabilitation centres could provide useful information about the status of populations and ecosystems, as well as support conservation practices.
摘要：
野生动物救援中心是专门的生态单位，保护和兽医医疗活动，其中包括治疗，康复,繁殖和释放稀有和濒危野生动物到他们的自然栖息地，以及环境教育。这些中心提供了一个机会来监测野生动物正在发生的生态变化,环境污染和新出现的疾病。根据目前的研究，我们旨在分析保加利亚最大的野生动物康复中心的原因和保护状况。共有18,720名患者,从26个不同保护状态和不同病因的订单中，已入住康复中心超过25年。总结结果显示，40％的患者因病因不明而入院，人为原因的比例为18％。与野生动物事件有关的自然因素为32%,而居住在WRBC的野生动植物中有10％的份额涉及重新引入计划的一部分。这种对野生动物康复中心的分析可以提供有关种群和生态系统状况的有用信息，以及支持保护实践。
