The editor’s selection is the article by Hagen et al.
Conservation apply is stuffed with untested paradigms, and wildlife rehabilitation is considered one of them. Rescuing, treating, and subsequent releasing of wildlife in misery is in style as a result of it guarantees to meet moral duties by combining animal welfare with conservation advantages. Whereas there’s a lot hope amongst conservationists and most people for the success of rehabilitated wildlife, many scientists imagine these efforts are insignificant for conservation. Nevertheless, sturdy scientific assessments of rehabilitation outcomes are uncommon.
Of their unprecedented, continental-scale examine, Christian Hagen and co-authors used superior demographic modelling methods to analyse the results of raptor rehabilitation on wild populations throughout the USA. They discovered that rehabilitation had apparent useful results for some raptor species however extra restricted impacts for others. The proof means that in lots of species launched rehabilitated raptors are greater than “lifeless birds flying”.
/Ilse Storch
Editor-in-Chief
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