School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.
Department of Biology, Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Conserv Biol. 2018 Feb;32(1):50-59. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12937.
Vertebrate animals can be injured or threatened with injury through human activities, thus warranting their "rescue." Details of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, release, and associated research (our 4 Rs) are often recorded in large databases, resulting in a wealth of available information. This information has huge research potential and can contribute to understanding of animal biology, anthropogenic impacts on wildlife, and species conservation. However, such databases have been little used, few studies have evaluated factors influencing success of rehabilitation and/or release, recommended actions to conserve threatened species have rarely arisen, and direct benefits for species conservation are yet to be demonstrated. We therefore recommend that additional research be based on data from rescue, rehabilitation, and release of animals that is broader in scope than previous research and would have community support.
脊椎动物可能会因人类活动而受伤或受到伤害的威胁，因此需要对它们进行“救援”。野生动物救援、康复、放生及相关研究（我们的 4Rs）的详细信息通常记录在大型数据库中，这为人们提供了大量可用的信息。这些信息具有巨大的研究潜力，可以帮助人们了解动物生物学、人为因素对野生动物的影响以及物种保护。然而，这些数据库很少被使用，几乎没有研究评估影响康复和/或放生成功率的因素，也很少提出保护濒危物种的建议行动，物种保护的直接效益也尚未得到证实。因此，我们建议在更广泛的范围内，基于比以往研究更广泛的动物救援、康复和放生数据开展额外的研究，并且该研究还应得到社区的支持。
