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

Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Ca...

Francois Savigny / Breeding ball of Anacondas {Eunectes murinus} Venezuela - up to 10 males surround one female

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) male playing with a newborn topi before killing it (Damaliscus korrigum) Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get produce to market for sale as 'b...

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

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

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.