Abstract
We conducted a retrospective study of 16 northern goshawks admitted to the Wildlife Rescue Center, Gifu University, during 2004～2008. Common medical problems were paralysis of both legs due to spinal cord injury (25％) and bone fracture in the wing (19％). The most common type of events causing the injury was collision with an artificial structure other than a vehicle (69％). Other causes were traffic accidents (13％) and flying into buildings (13％). Of the 16 individuals, 75％ died, 19％ were released back into the wild and 6％ remained in permanent captivity as they were diagnosed unable to live in wild.
