Table 8. Fate of animals for each taxonomic group, shown as the number of rescues and the percent of rescues within group.

	Birds		Mammals		Reptiles		All animals
	No. rescues	%	No. rescues	%	No. rescues	%	No. rescues	%
Died	108,046	56.1	80,445	64.6	11,294	23.9	199,785	54.8
Escaped rescuer or from care	1652	<1	623	<1	128	<1	2403	<1
Left and observed	10,034	5.2	7819	6.3	8413	17.8	26,266	7.2
Permanent/long term care	260	<1	302	<1	172	<1	734	<1
Released	72,636	37.7	35,328	28.4	27,309	57.7	135,273	37.1
Total	192,628	100	124,517	100	47,316	100	364,461	100