Causes of admission and outcomes of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) leverets at wildlife rescue centres in the Czech Republic

Table 3 Number and percentage of the total number of brown hare leverets admitted to rescue centres in the Czech Republic in the years 2010 to 2019 by reasons for admission

Reason for admission	young admitted (n = 2765)
Reason for admission	number	%
Orphaned	1359	49.15^a
Caught needlessly	542	19.60^b
Bitten by another animal	515	18.63^c
Injured	78	2.82^e
Road traffic	34	1.23^f
Late-born young	25	0.90^f,g
Infection	3	0.11ⁱ
Exhaustion, starvation	13	0.47^g,h
Falls into sumps, chimneys, etc.	8	0.29^h,i
Destroyed nests	151	5.46^d
Other causes	37	1.34^f

^a-i different superscript letters indicate a statistically significant difference between percentages in the column (p < 0.05)

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