Neil Aldridge / A young Zu/'hoasi Bushman hunter carrying a bow, quiver of arrows and a long pole for catching Spring Hares in their burrows. Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012. No release available.

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

Daniel Heuclin / Traditional bush hunter with a calao / Hornbill head decoration, preparing bow and arrow for hunt, Northern Cameroon, West Africa. No release available.

JIM CLARE / Huaorani Indian man hunting with blow pipe and curare Yasuni NP, Ecuador

JIM CLARE / Huaorani indians in rainforest with blowpipes for hunting, Yasuni NP, Ecuador, South America

Gavin Hellier / Traditional Omani Khandjar Dagger sold in Mutrah Souq, Mutrah, Muscat, Oman 2007

Gavin Hellier / Traditional Omani Khandjar Daggers sold in Mutrah Souq, Mutrah, Muscat, Oman 2007

Gavin Hellier / Fort Hamilton, erected in the mid-19th century, the ramparts are mounted with muzzle-loader guns capable of firing a 400lb cannonball through an 11 inch thick iron plate, Hamilton, Bermuda 2009

Ann & Steve Toon / Confiscated poisoned arrows used in elephant poaching, Mbirikani group ranch, Chyulu Hills, Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem, Kenya, October 2012

Ann & Steve Toon / Big Life ranger demonstrating poisoned arrow used in elephant poaching, Mbirikani group ranch, Chyulu Hills, Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem, Kenya, October 2012

Ann & Steve Toon / Armed anti-poaching patrol, Lewa Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, September 2012

Ann & Steve Toon / Armed anti-poaching patrol out in Lewa Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, September 2012

Jabruson / Armed Eco-Guard at National Park Headquarters at Camp Ma'an National Park, Southern Cameroon.

Neil Aldridge / A Zu/'hoasi Bushman in the Kalahari makes an arrow. Heating the stick in the embers of the fire softens the fibres and allows the stick to be straightened. Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012.

Neil Aldridge / An elderly Zu/'hoasi Bushman carrying a spear, bow and quiver of arrows on the plains of the Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012.

Neil Aldridge / A young Zu/'hoasi Bushman hunter carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a pole for hunting Spring Hares (Pedetes capensis) stops to pick fruit from a bush on the open plains of the Kalahari, Botswana....

Neil Aldridge / A young Zu/'hoasi Bushman hunter looks for Spring Hare (Pedetes capensis) burrows on the plains of the Kalahari. The long stick has a hook on the end and is inserted into a burrow to catch the hares....

Neil Aldridge / A young Zu/'hoasi Bushman carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a pole for hunting Spring Hares (Pedetes capensis) on the open plains of the Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Armed guard in the Sundarbans national park. Tourist groups are accompanied by an armed guard as this area has the largest population of tigers in Asia, and also the highest number of tiger attacks on...

Roland Seitre / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) claws around a branch; effective both as climbing-hooks and as defensive weapons against the sloths' main predator, the jaguar. Captive. Aviarios...

Daniel Heuclin / Traditional bush hunter with a calao / hornbill head decoration, preparing bow and arrow for hunt, Northern Cameroon, West Africa

Merryn Thomas / Clay Pigeon shooting at Old Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Boxing Day, December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Clay Pigeon shooting at Old Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Boxing Day, December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Clay Pigeon shooting at Old Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Boxing Day, December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Clay Pigeon shooting at Old Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Boxing Day, December 2008.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani lances decorated with feathers. These are used for hunting and combat weapons. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Peter Lewis / Royal Armoury Museum, Fort Nelson in snow. Fareham, Hampshire, January 2010.

Peter Lewis / Royal Armoury Museum, Fort Nelson in snow. Fareham, Hampshire, January 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets boy with bow and arrow hunting Ptarmigan. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Mentawai medicine man hunting in the rainforest with bow and arrow. Siberut Island, Indonesia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Fur clad Inuk waiting to harpoon seal at breathing hole. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter about to harpoon Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) from his boat. Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuk in kayak hurling harpoon. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuk in kayak hurling harpoon. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuk in kayak hurling harpoon. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter making kayak harpoon. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kakivak, an Inuit fish spear made from antler, nails and sinew according to an ancient design, Canada.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit boy in American t-shirt playing with toy gun. Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, 1999.

Doc White / Japanese Anti Ship Mine, Marshall Islands, Micronesia.

Merryn Thomas / Clay Pigeon shooting at Old Quay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Boxing Day, December 2008.

Suzi Eszterhas / Masai tribesman with bow and arrow, Laikipiac Maasai Village in Il Ngwesi Group Ranch Area, Kenya *No model release available - for editorial use only

Suzi Eszterhas / Close up of point of Maasai arrow, Laikipiac Maasai Village in Il Ngwesi Group Ranch Area, Northern Kenya

Steven David Miller / A whaling harpoon on display at Tangalooma Resort on Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia

Onne van der Wal / Man shooting gun, South Africa. 2009.

Jouan & Rius / Bushman hunter with traditional bow, Bushmanland, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Poison arrows of Bushman hunter, Bushmanland, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Bushman San lying on sand dune with traditional bow, Kalahari desert, Botswana

Jouan & Rius / Bushman San on sand dune with traditional bow, Kalahari desert, Botswana

Nick Gordon / Matis hunter in rainforest, facial decorations to resemble jaguar, Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Matis Indian man hunting in the rainforest with blowpipe and poison tip arrows, Amazonia, Brazil. Facial decorations are thought to mimic jaguars.

Nick Gordon / Matis hunters with traditional blowpipe weapons, facial decorations mimic jaguar, Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Matis hunters with traditional blowpipe weapons, facial decorations mimic jaguar, Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Matis Indians using poisonous toxin from captured Poison arrow frog (Dendrobates sp) to tip their hunting arrows, Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / Matis hunters making traditional arrows around hut, Amazonia, Brazil

Martin Dohrn / Hagehai hunter and child holding weapons, Papua New Guinea

Pete Oxford / Indian with blowdart used to shoot Maroon tailed parakeet, Llanchamacocha, Ecuador Amazon,

Pete Oxford / Colonizers holding a gun, Ecuadorian Amazon, 1994

DOC WHITE / Inuit hunter in kayak preparing to throw harpoon, with seal skin float behind, Canadian Arctic

DOC WHITE / Inuit hunter holding traditional harpoon next to kayak on ice floe, Canadian Arctic

Jabruson / Poacher found with snares and spears, arrested by trackers, Virunga NP, Congo

Anup Shah / Hadzabe tribesman fashioning arrow at camp, Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania 2006

Owen Newman / Close-up of traditional bow and arrow of Jo / Hoan bushman, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman pulling a bow, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Close-up of traditional bow and arrow of Jo / Hoan bushman, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Close up of Traditional bow and arrow of Jo / Hoan bushman, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman with traditional arrow, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Close-up of traditional Jo / Hoan bushman's spear with protective sheath over tip, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman with traditional arrow, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman with bow and arrow, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman with traditional bow and arrows, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Owen Newman / Jo / Hoan bushman with traditional arrow, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Eric Baccega / Korowai hunter shooting a paradise bird in a tree, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / Korowai hunter shooting a paradise bird in a tree, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / Two Korowai hunters pointing bow + arrow, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / Korowai hunter shooting a paradise bird in a tree, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / Typical Papuan arrows used by Korowai people, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Huli tribesmen at Compensation ceremony, Papua New Guinea. 1990.

Pete Oxford / Yaminahua Indian man with blowpipe and arrow. Boca Mishagua River, Amazon rainforest, Peru. South America. People contacted in 1988

Doug Allan / Cameraman Doug Allan in motorbike sidecar with Russian guide. Lake Baikal, Siberia

Pete Oxford / Yaminahua Indian man with bow and arrow. Boca Mishagua River, Amazon rainforest, Peru. South America. People contacted in 1988

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration from Sebastian Munster's 1552 'Cosmographia' published by S.H. Petri in Basel, depicting ficticious people thought to live in India beyond the Ganges. He follows Pliny in describi...

Onne van der Wal / Men with guns surrounded by smoke during The Bravade, a historical annual celebration that takes place in Saint Tropez, South of France.

Roberto Rinaldi / Local man proudly displaying homemade harpoon, Roatan, Honduras.

Tom Clarke / Huli wigmen and children in traditional clothing, feather headdress and weapons. Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea, during filming of BBC series Planet Earth, August 2004.