Juergen Freund / A fisherman who lost his arm dynamite fishing. Palawan, Phillipines, May 2009.

Doug Gimesy / Close up portrait of the eye of a rescued koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Named 'CJ', he was the victim of a dog attack. He has eye injuries, scrapes and missing fur and is being treated with antibiot...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) released back into his Melbourne colony by wildlife carer Francois Malherbe. The bat was rescued several months earlier, found hanging low in a fruit tr...

Richard Robinson / New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) pup is crushed under male's flipper and later dies from the injuries sustained by mating adults at the Sandy Bay colony, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands arch...

Richard Robinson / New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) pup is crushed and later died from the injuries sustained by mating adults at the Sandy Bay colony, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand....

Tony Wu / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) fluke marked by injuries that appear to be the result of a propellor strike from a boat traveling at high speed, photographed with the permission of the Depa...

Tony Wu / Plastic garbage found in the gastrointestinal system of 10.6m female Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found off Jurong Island, Singapore in July 2015. This whale also had injuries in the caudal ar...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with injuries such as scarred body and dorsal fin nearly severed, possibly from a Killer whale attack. Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga. Pacific Ocean.

Eric Baccega / Caucasian woman applying antibiotic ointment to a burned himba child. Burns from the open fires or embers are among the most common injuries, especially in children, Marienfluss Valley, Kaokoland Dese...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue vet Darryl Thorpe inspecting the body of Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' for injuries at BDMLR seal pup treatment facility, before its transfer to the Corn...

Georgette Douwma / Armed anemone (Dofleinia armata) with a Magnificent shrimp (Ancylomenes magnificus) The sting of Dofleinia armata presents a danger to humans. Injuries resulting from contact with this species are co...

Georgette Douwma / Armed anemone (Dofleinia armata) with a Magnificent shrimp (Ancylomenes magnificus) The sting of Dofleinia armata presents a danger to humans. Injuries resulting from contact with this species are co...