Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) rear view of animal leaving water after bathing, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) bathing in water, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Sue Flood / Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) in water near Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Loic Poidevin / Water buffalo (Bubulus arnee) Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Florian Möllers / Water Buffalos (Bubalus arnee bubalis) on the shore of the Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Sandesh Kadur / Water buffalo (Bubalis arnee) after wallowing in mud, portrait, India

Sandesh Kadur / A wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in profile standing by long grass. Assam, India, January.

Sandesh Kadur / A wet wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) standing in long grass. Assam, India, March.

Sandesh Kadur / Two wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in long grass. Assam, India, January.

Sandesh Kadur / Two wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) wading though water. Assam, India, April.

Sandesh Kadur / Water buffalo (Bubulus arnee) eating long grass. Assam, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Asiatic Wild / Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee). Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan.

Juergen Freund / Farmer harvesting rice with the help of his Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Sablayan, Philippines, March 2010.

Juergen Freund / Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) soaking to cool down from the summer heat. Water buffalo are brought to these watering holes three times a day when the farmers harvest rice. Sablayan, Philippines, Mar...

Juergen Freund / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) in water, beside paddy field, note barren hillsides in the background which water runs off and causes acidication of the soil. Philippines, March 2010.

Juergen Freund / Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) soaking to cool down from the summer heat. They are brought to these watering holes three times a day when the farmers harvest rice. Sablayan, Philippines, March 2010.

Sandesh Kadur / Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) covered with mud after wallowing, Kazaringa NP, Assam, India

Sandesh Kadur / Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) covered with mud after wallowing, Kazaringa NP, Assam, India

Suzi Eszterhas / Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) mother and young calf, Kaziranga National Park, India

Fabio Liverani / Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) grazing near edge of water,with Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis) Yala National Park, Sri Lanka,

Matthew Maran / Wild Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) standing at edge of lake, with reflection, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) covered in mud, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Domestic Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee bubalis) in pool of water, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Stephen Dalton / Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) with calf, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Theo Allofs / Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in tall elephant grass,Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Constantinos Petrinos / Aerial view of Farmers using Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} to plough flooded rice fields, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000.

Pete Oxford / Domestic waterbuffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} bathing. Bharatpur village. Rajasthan. India

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority using Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) to plough paddy field, Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Water buffalo working in rice terraces of the Ailao Mountains between the Red River and Vietnam. Honghe Prefecture, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Water buffalo working in rice terraces of the Ailao Mountains between the Red River and Vietnam. Honghe Prefecture, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Water buffalo working in rice terraces of the Ailao Mountains between the Red River and Vietnam. Honghe Prefecture, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Bernard Castelein / Indian wild Water buffalo in grass (Bubalus arnee) Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Wild Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} bathing, Kaziranga NP, Assam, North East India

John B Free / Domestic water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} pulling laden carts (bullock cart) India

John B Free / Domestic Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} used for ploughing farmland, India

John B Free / Domestic water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} pulling cart (bullock cart) India

Pete Oxford / Wild Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga NP, Assam, North East India

Constantinos Petrinos / Farmer sitting on Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} in rice field, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 2000.

Nick Garbutt / Domestic water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} with herdsman, Chisapani village, Karnali Gorge, Royal Bardia NP, Nepal

Paul Johnson / Wild Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Sri Lanka

Constantinos Petrinos / Children washing domestic Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} in river, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 2000.

DAVID TIPLING / Herd of domestic Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} at watering hole, Lake Kerkini,

Toby Sinclair / Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Water buffalo + calf {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga NP, Assam, Indi

Bernard Castelein / Water buffalo in water {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga NP, Assam, Indi

Toby Sinclair / Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Yala NP, Sri Lanka

Toby Sinclair / Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Yala NP, Sri Lanka

Pete Oxford / Domestic water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} Han farming village, Honge, Yunnan, China

Anup Shah / Water buffalo and two calves {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Water buffalo {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Pete Oxford / Water buffalo. Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Anup Shah / Water buffalo with young {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga, India

Anup Shah / Water buffalo in long grass {Bubalus arnee} Kaziranga, India

Nature Production / Indian rhinoceros {Rhinoceros unicornis} mother and baby with Asiatic Water Buffalo {Bubalus arnee} and Egrets, Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Bernard Castelein / Wild buffaloes drinking in Manas river at dusk Manas NP Assam India {Bubalus arnee}

Pete Oxford / Domestic water buffalo {Bubalus arnee bubalis} Hani village, Yunnan, China