The Tufts Wildlife Clinic treated a record number of animals in 2011, with wild weather among the causes for the rise to 2,049 cases:
1,211
BIRDS
including 148 American robins,
81 red-tailed hawks, and 2 bald eagles

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Cottontail rabbit
678
MAMMALS
including 242 cottontail rabbits,
3 coyotes, 2 bears, and 1 river otter
160
REPTILES
including 69 painted turtles, 40 snapping turtles, and 1 bullfrog
SOURCE: Robin Shearer, wildlife program assistant, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
