Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) caught in fishing nets on the island of Chiloe, Chile

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with plastic six pack holder in mouth, Hawaii

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in net, Sri Lanka

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) entangled pup being freed by stewardship students and instructor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Ingo Arndt / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) researcher trying to free animal entangled in wire ropes from old whaling station, Leith Harbor, South Georgia Island

Tui De Roy / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) with a fishhook embedded in throat, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Demon Stinger (Inimicus caledonicus) caught in derelict fishing net, an example of ghost fishing, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) dead after becoming entangled in fishing net, Thailand

Michael Quinton / Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) juvenile with salmon fishing lure caught in bill, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) sub-adult with fishing net around its neck, Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Suzi Eszterhas / South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis) sub-adult with fishing net around its neck, Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Conv...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Hermann Brehm / Black headed heron {Ardea melanocephala} predating a green snake that has wrapped itself around the heron's beak, head and neck, Kenya

Jose B. Ruiz / Greater flamingo {Phoenicopterus ruber} killed by entanglement in wire cable, Spain

Richard Du Toit / Black footed penguin {Spheniscus demersus} killed by fishing nets.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) entangled sub-adult male on beach, he was disentangled and freed, St Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) young bull entangled in net has swollen neck and cuts, Bering Sea, Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Flip de Nooyer / Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) caught in barbed wire, Europe

Norbert Wu / Mobula Ray (Mobula lucasana) caught in gill net, Baja California, Mexico

Flip Nicklin / Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) with plastic band on dorsal fin, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with net caught on jaw, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with net caught on jaw, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with fishing net caught on her jaw, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in net with divers trying to cut it loose, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in net, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) diving with fishing net caught on jaw, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tail caught in net is cut off by diver, Sri Lanka

Tui De Roy / Illegal gillnet fishing officially banned since 1989 Illicit gill nets snare baby sharks in mangrove nurseries, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mitsuaki Iwago / Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Persian cat playing with balls of yarn on the floor

Kevin Schafer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) pair killed by discarded fishing nets, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) entangling fishing gear cutting into back, Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS...

Richard Du Toit / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) dead, entangled in barbed wire fence, Kalahari, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan, Dika, has wire snare removed from leg by keepers Mishak and Benson, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Sumio Harada / Elk (Cervus elaphus) male in snow with Christmas lights entangled in antlers, Canmore, Canada

Colin Seddon / Dead Common cormorant in fishing net. Scotland UK {Phalacrocorax carbo}