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

Table 4 Number and percentage of the total number of brown hare leverets admitted to rescue centres in the period 2010 to 2019 according to the outcomes

Outcome	number of young (n = 2630)
Outcome	number	%
Release	852	32.40^b
Returned to the nest or adopted	42	1.60^e
Death	1072	40.76^a
Euthanasia	103	3.29^d
Permanent captivity	515	19.58^c
Escape	9	0.34^f
Unknown	37	1.41^e

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

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