Neil Aldridge / A vet cuts identification notches into the ear of a sedated White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in a secure enclosure known as a boma as part of a translocation operation to bring rhinos from South...

Neil Aldridge / A member of the Rhino Conservation Botswana team holds a drip attached to a young White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) while vets provide the young rhino with care after its translocation from South...

Neil Aldridge / Vets cut identification notches into the ear of a White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) before releasing it into the wild of the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana after the rhino was translocated f...

Neil Aldridge / A team of vets and conservationists guide a blindfolded and partially drugged adult White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) out of its transport crate and into its new home in the Okavango Delta in nor...

Neil Aldridge / Orphaned White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf is bottle fed by its veterinary foster mother at the Rhino Revolution orphanage in South Africa where young rhinos are brought for care, safety and...

Suzi Eszterhas / Vet examining Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female rescued by Human Orangutan Conflict Response Unit. Rescued from area of clearcut forest and later released into a national park. Aceh Province, S...

Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a vet preparing drug for darting a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2015.

Jabruson Motion / Vet examining a sedated Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2015.

David Perpinan / Oesophagostomy tube placed in a captive Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria). These tubes are placed for animals that refuse eating by themselves. Small repro only.

David Perpinan / Surgical site and procedure in a wild Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) in order to place a subcutaneous radiotransmitter for a conservation project. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Anesthesia of a wild Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) using inhalant anesthetics in a zip lock bag. Small repro only.

David Perpinan / Old wound caused by entanglement with fishing lines or nets in a Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Animal under rehabilitation. Spain. January 2013.