Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman and one of his Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Florian Möllers / Fisherman holding Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) with large fish in its beak. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Cocks fighting in cock fight, Guimaras island, Philippines, February 2007

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tangled in a discarded fishing net, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, July 2010.

Philip Dalton / Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) grabbing Common Zebra (Equus burchellii) as it swims across Mara river during migration, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Patricio Robles Gil / Matador in final stages of bullfight leaps over bull to pierce bull between horns with blade, Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico Sequence

Andy Rouse / Striated / Forster's caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) group surrounding penguin chick, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Tony Heald / Bengal tiger [Panthera tigris tigris] crossing road in front of watching tourists, Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India, March

Anup Shah / Golden jackals {Canis aureus} killing young Gazelle, Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile {Crocodylus niloticus} eating Thompsons gazelle in Mara river, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Juergen Freund / Skeleton of dead cow propped up in desert. Baja, California, Mexico

Juergen Freund / Volunteers mixing eggs and sperm from salmon in hatchery, Canada

Solvin Zankl / Face of Whitemargin stargazer {Uranoscopus sulphureus} Lembeh, Sulawesi

Todd Pusser / Leopard seal {Hydrurga leptony} beheading Chinstrap penguin, Antarctica.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena predating newborn Thomson's gazelle, Serengeti NP, Tanzania {Crocuta crocuta}

Mary McDonald / Gaboon viper head close-up {Bitis gabonica} captive

Anup Shah / Lions attacking Hippopotamus, Masai Mara, Kenya. Ssequence 3 of 5

Georgette Douwma / Pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) chained as pet. Indonesia Imported from Borneo.

Jabruson / Female King baboon spider feeds on mouse kill, Tsavo NP Kenya

PREMAPHOTOS / Pupae of parasitic wasp {Braconidae family} on hawkmoth caterpillar host, Peru, South America

Richard Du Toit / Lioness head covered in flies {Panthera leo} Masai Mara, Kenya

Jabruson / Human skulls of Tutsi victims, genocide memorial, Ntarama church, Nyamata, Rwanda

Pete Oxford / Dancing Sloth bear with keeper {Melursus ursinus} Agra, India

Anup Shah / Zebra kicks out at attacking Nile crocodile {Crocodylus niloticus} Mara river, Masai Mara, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque monkey dressed for tourist entertainment (Macaca mulatta) New Delhi India

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque dressed up for tourists {Macaca mulatta} Delhi India

Peter Blackwell / Nile crocodile attacking Wildebeest crossing River Mara, Kenya, Africa

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) posing with toy gun. New Delhi, India

Jabruson / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on dead flamingo. Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya, East Africa

Dietmar Nill / Fringe lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus} feeding on frog in cave, Panama

Jeff Rotman / Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) Caribbean

Jeff Rotman / Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Caribbean

Doug Allan / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} wounded in attack by Leopard seal, Antarctica

Brian Lightfoot / Adder about to be trodden on, Scotland, UK

JIM CLARE / Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on cow blood. Trinidad, Caribbean

JIM CLARE / Vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on cow blood. Trinidad, Caribbean

Karl Ammann / Family of five Gorillas killed for bush meat {Gorilla beringei} Cameroon

Juergen Freund / Grey reef shark dead on seabed after removal of fins {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} Philippines

Jeff Rotman / Diver observing dead sharks on seafloor, finned alive and thrown overboard to drown, caught on longline, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena {Crocuta crocuta} carries Wildebeest head Masai Mara GR, Kenya

John Cancalosi / White stork {Ciconia ciconia} caught in plastic rubbish at refuse dump, Spain

Peter Blackwell / Lioness suffocating zebra, Masai Mara NR Kenya

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque dressed up as tourist attraction, New Delhi, India

Anup Shah / Lions attacking Hippopotamus, Masia Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lions attacking Hippopotamus {H. amphibius} Masai Mara, Kenya. Sequence 2 of 5

Jabruson / Mozambican children with traumatised captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) young, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Jabruson / Mozambican man with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus), caught during troop crop raiding, surrounded by children, Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Jabruson / Mozambican man with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus), caught during troop crop raiding, surrounded by children. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique.

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale being processed, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale being processed, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale being processed, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale being processed, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale being processed, Hvalfjordur, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera physalus}

Mark Carwardine / Whaling - dead Fin whale brought ashore for processing, West Iceland, 1993 {Balaenoptera

Shibai Xiao / Man holding a rusty trap set by poachers in the forest, China, January 2007.

Shibai Xiao / Chinese / Small toothed ferret badger (Melogale moschata) close up of carcass being sold for meat in local market, Hainan Island, China, April 2012.

Shibai Xiao / People selling a dolphin meat at a country market, head on display, Hainan Island, China, April 2012.

Dave Watts / Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) captive creature with facial cancer - Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) Cradle Mountain, Tasmania

Diane McAllister / Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) moving quickly through long grass with its kill of a baby Impala (Aepyceros melampus) Kenya

Ernie Janes / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) sitting on chair at show in Thailand Zoo

Ernie Janes / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) riding motor bike at show in Thailand Zoo

Ernie Janes / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) standing on back legs with rider at show in Thailand Zoo

Ernie Janes / Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) being forced to drink beer for tourist entertainment, Central Thailand

Ernie Janes / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) used as tourist attraction at Thailand zoo

Inaki Relanzon / Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) lying dead on the road after being killed by a car, South Australia State, September 2011.

Alex Hyde / Burying beetles (Nicrophorus investigator) two on dead squirrel foot, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Kerstin Hinze / Tail of a Fat / Edible dormouse (Glis glis), found detached on woodland floor after being caught by a predator, Lower Saxony, Germany,

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Orca (Orcinus orca) playing with almost dead Green Sea-turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi) as sea birds fly above. Galapagos

Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) removing a fish from the bird's gullet. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Florian Möllers / Fisherman holding Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) retrieving a large fish from its throat. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China.

Florian Möllers / Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) dressed up as tourist attraction. Close to Yangshuo, China, November.

Florian Möllers / Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta), dressed up as tourist attraction. Close to Yangshuo, China, November.

Florian Möllers / Fisherman holding Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) retrieving a large fish from its throat. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China.

Kathryn Jeffs / Skull of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) scavenged after Southern Type B Killer whale kill (Orcinus orca) Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January

Jean E. Roche / Calf held in plastic box designed to severely restrict movement for veal meat trade, Aveyron, France, August 2009

Laurent Geslin / Common Zebra (Equus quagga) climbing up out of the Mara Rivers escaping with a large wound from the jaws of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July, sequence 5/5

Laurent Geslin / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Common Zebra (Equus quagga) as it climbs up out of the Mara river and pulling it back into the water, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July, sequence 4/5

Laurent Geslin / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Common Zebra (Equus quagga) as it climbs up out of the Mara river and pulling it back into the water, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July, sequence 3/5

Laurent Geslin / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Common Zebra (Equus quagga) as it climbs up out of the Mara river, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July, sequence 2/5

Laurent Geslin / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Common Zebra (Equus quagga) as it climbs up out of the Mara river, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July, sequence 1/5

Jeff Rotman / Long-line fisherman cutting fins from Oceanic Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Finned Sharks on deck of long line fishing boat. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver removing the hook from Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) hooked on long line. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver examining sharks finned alive and thrown overboard. Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver examining live hooked Oceanic Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus). Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver observes Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) hooked on long line. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.