Our Rehabilitation Center obtained very good results in 2016 in respect of both the number of patients and the quality of our services. The Center has been working almost all year at full capacity, which shows that the infrastructure development in Sînsimion was necessary. Our most important achievements in this year:

• In January we launched an emergency number – 0722-533.816 available 24 hours for those who have found wounded animals.
• In February we organized a national conference for veterinarians interested in first aid and treatment of injured wild animals. As a result of this meeting, we laid down the bases of a national volunteer veterinarian network, comprising of doctors who are ready to receive injured animals and to grant them first aid, before sending them towards a rehabilitation facility. Through the development of this volunteer network, we managed to set up more than 50 first aid points, in 17 counties across in the whole country.

In the frame of the project ” National network for saving injured wild animals ” financed by the EEA grants 2009 – 2014 within the framework of the NGOS in Romania, aviaries were built in Sînsimion: one of large size for the rehabilitation of big animals – an aviary with five rooms for birds which cannot be rehabilitated, but can be visited – and a shelter for inland and sea turtles. Under the same project, we managed to launch a dedicated web page (www.wildliferescue.ro), where visitors can find relevant information regarding the rescue of injured wild animals (a map with first aid points available in the country, a green telephone number, etc.). We managed to deploy in the Sînsimion aviaries a network of surveillance cameras, connected to the internet, so we can supervise the birds from our central office in Tîrgu-Mureș as well. This is a very important development from the point of view of the treatment and rehabilitation of the animals (also achieved under the EEA grant). In November we participated on a fundraising event called Târgu-Mureș Donors Circle, in the event we managed to gather 5000 RON for the construction of 4 new aviaries at the rehabilitation center. In 2016, the Rehabilitation Center sheltered 166 birds, 35 of mammals, 16 turtles, the center’s team offered consultancy (usually on phone) for the rehabilitation of further 150 birds. The number of species entering the center as patients was also high, 47 birds, 6 mammals and 4 reptiles. The greater number of species coming to the Center entail a challenge in respect of the experience of patients care (of species) arriving for the first time. The patients arrived from 42 localities, from 17 counties. The high number of counties of origin shows that our centre is still having national character. Of the 217 of animals entering, 54 have been transferred to other medical centers (bats, etc.), 35 surgery took place, 32 birds have benefited from medication. The rest of the patients have passed only through rehabilitation and improvement of general condition. On the 2^nd of June 2016 we were notified about a black-necked grebe “stranded” in a yard in Corunca village. After a quick medical exam by our colleague at Vets4Wild, the bird was ringed and released in the outskirts of Târgu Mureș. 149 days and 2789 km later, it was recaptured alive and well in Huelva, Spain. We would like to thank Mr. Pál Lajos for the faith he have had in our team, as well as for the generous financial support.

Nr	Popular name	Scientifical name	Number
1	Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	2
2	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	3
3	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	1
4	Drepnea mare	Apus melba	1
5	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	1
6	Lesser Spotted Eagle	Aquila pomarina	2
7	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	9
8	Little Ow	Athene noctua	8
9	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	15
10	Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus	1
11	Cânepar	Cardeulis cannabina	1
12	Sticlete	Cardeulis cardeulis	1
13	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	1
14	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	24
15	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	1
16	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	1
17	Porumbel de casă	Columba livia domesctica	3
18	Common Raven	Corvus corax	1
19	Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	2
20	Rook	Corvus frugilegus	9
21	Western Jackdaw	Corvus monedula	5
22	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	2
23	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	1
24	House Martin	Delichon urbicum	7
25	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	2
26	Great Egret	Ardea alba	1
27	Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug	1
28	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	2
29	Hobby	Falco subbuteo	1
30	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	20
31	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	1
32	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	2
33	Black-throated Loon	Gavi arctica	1
34	White-tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	2
35	Eurasian Scops Owl	Otus scops	3
36	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	1
37	White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1
38	Common Magpie	Pica pica	2
39	Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	1
40	Mugurar	Pyrhula pyrhula	3
41	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	4
42	Tawny Ow	Strix aluco	4
43	Ural Ow	Strix uralensis	6
44	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	1
45	Blackbird	Turdus merula	3
46	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	1
30	Barn Owl	Tyto alba	1
31	European Badger	Meles meles	1
32	European Roe Deer	Capreolus capreolus	6
33	Wildcat	Felis silvestris	1
34	Particoloured Bat	Vespertilio murinus	1
35	Northern White-breasted hedgehog	Erinaceus romanicus	1
36	Common Noctule	Nyctalus noctula	25
37	Spur-thighed Tortoise	Testudo greaca	6
38	Margined Tortoise	Testudo marginata	1
39	Hermann’s Tortoise	Testudo hermanni	6
40	European Pond Turtle	Emys orbicularis	3
	total		217