Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.
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Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat, trying to steal fish (trout) hanging on transparent fishing line. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, April
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Ann & Steve Toon / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking through water with fishing line caught on tusk, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Sergio Hanquet / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), two tangled in nylon fishing line, one dead, the other rescued alive. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda volunteer on jetty with items from litter pick around Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) breeding colony. Litter includes fishing bait bags, plastic bags, fishing lines, coffee cups a...
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Guy Edwardes / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) with fishing line caught tight around its neck at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, January.
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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.
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David Fleetham / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) that has swallowed a hook and is trailing the fishing line. Hawaii, May 2004.
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Seth Patterson / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) juvenile caught on illegal long-line fishing line washed ashore on Boca China beach, Texas, USA, May.
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Seth Patterson / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) juvenile caught on illegal long-line fishing line washed ashore on Boca China beach, Texas, USA, May.