Jeff Rotman / Man and woman with Cannabis plant in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and reta...

Jeff Rotman / Person holding large Cannabis bud, in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and ret...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Jeff Rotman / Irula Snake Tribe member holding vials of snake anti-venom for Viper, Krait and Cobra bites. Southern India.

Petra Wegner / British Shorthair Cat, kitten, golden-ticked-tabby, being administered ophthalmic ointment by a woman. Model released

Jose B. Ruiz / Medicinal plants for sale at market, Granada, Spain

Tony Phelps / Extracting venom from Puff adder {Bitis arietans} at Liverpool school of tropical medicine, UK

Paul Johnson / Saiga antelope male {Saiga tatarica} native to Kazakhstan steppe, Russia. Winter. Endangered species - hunted almost to extinction for its horn, used in chinese medecine.

Suzi Eszterhas / Wildlife Rehabilitator, Jessie Paolello, administering eye medication to orphaned pup Coyote (Canis latrans) Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington, USA, June.

David Perpinan / Vaccination of a male Brown bear (Ursus arctos) anaesthetised in Slovenia for a reintroduction project in the Pyrenees, Jelen Reserve, Slovenia, June, 2016.

David Fleetham / Glass cases full of dried seahorese for sale at a medicine shop in Guangzhou, China. July 2010.

Suzi Eszterhas / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), male sick with chlamydia on scale while under anaesthetic. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia, captive.

Tim Laman / Local men drink medicinal sap from a vine in the forest. West Papua, Indonesia. September 2009.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) exiting a cage trap after being vaccinated and marked with spray paint by Defra field workers during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, Unit...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Worker marks a European Badger (Meles meles) with spray paint after successfully vaccinating it in a cage trap as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, U...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers dispose of a used syringe as part of biosecurity measures after vaccinating a European Badger (Meles meles) during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials on farmland in Glouc...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Worker prepares a baited cage trap to catch a European Badger (Meles meles) for vaccination during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. June 201...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Worker baits a cage trap with peanuts in preparation for carrying out the vaccination of European Badgers (Meles meles) during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershi...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers prepare a baited cage trap to catch a European Badger (Meles meles) for vaccination during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. June 201...

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...

Jeff Rotman / Rolled marijuana / cannabis joints, in cannabis dispensary, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2015. Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and retail...

Jeff Rotman / Rolled marijuana / cannabis joints, in cannabis dispensary, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 2015. Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and retail...

Jeff Rotman / Man and woman with Cannabis plant in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and reta...

Jeff Rotman / Man tending Cannabis plants in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and retail purpo...

Jeff Rotman / Cannabis / Marijuana buds drying at a commercial in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for med...

Jeff Rotman / Cannabis plants growing under artificial light, in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has been legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana...

Jeff Rotman / Man and woman with Cannabis plant in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and reta...

Nick Upton / Adult male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 'Flipper' touching nose to target stick while keeper Kate Owen treats a grazed tail with antibiotic spray. Gweek, Cornwall, UK, November. Model released.

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue veterinarian Darryl Thorpe using antibiotic spray on a bite wound on the flipper of a Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' in a cubicle at a BDMLR seal pup trea...

Cyril Ruoso / Traditional talismans, and medicines, for sale in Yurimaguas market, Amazon, Peru. November 2006.

Cyril Ruoso / Surrogate mother feeding orphan baby Bonobo (Pan paniscus) medicine. Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo

Cyril Ruoso / Surrogate mother administering medicine to orphan Bonobo (Pan paniscus) Lola Ya Bonobo, Democratic Republic of Congo. Non-ex

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones injecting antibiotics into the rump of a sick Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, Gloucestershire, UK, September 2014. Model released.

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones injecting antibiotics into the ear of a Charolais calf held still in a crush by a farmer, Wiltshire, UK, September 2014. Model released.

Daniel Heuclin / Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), keepers administrating worming medicine. Captive. Occurs on the Aldabra atoll, Seychelles

Daniel Heuclin / Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), keepers administrating worming medicine. Captive. Occurs on the Aldabra atoll, Seychelles.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Baby receiving child receiving oral vaccine against polio, at infant medical centre, Canogo Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Children with their mothers at infant medical centre to be vaccinated against polio, Canogo Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Chris Gomersall / Anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug Diclofenac used in veterinary medicine, shown here with some of its aliases, has been identified as the cause of the catastrophic decline in the population of wild vultu...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) released after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust in south Cheshire. Rock is used to bury peanuts used for attracting badger to live traps. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) just before release after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust in south Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Wildlife Trust staff recording information during badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination scheme in South Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) released after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust, south Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination in south Cheshire, Wildlife Trust staff marking with stock spray to identify treated badger. Hair is removed to make spray easier to apply as badgers preen c...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination in south Cheshire. Hair clip being taken prior to staff marking with stock spray to identify treated badger. Hair is removed to make spray easier to apply as...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator injecting Badger (Meles meles) in south Cheshire with bovine TB vaccine, assistant restrains badger with 'wicket' in live capture cage. Cheshire, England, UK, May 20...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field. Vaccine is 'live' and mixed in two parts just before administration. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field wearing PPE. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team with Dr Jeff Zuba, senior associate veterinar...

David Tipling / Xray of shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) showing gun shot lodged in muscle, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

Ann & Steve Toon / Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) fruit, Tswalu Kalahari private game reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2012

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white tuxedo kitten being given pill by Vet, Miriam, with a pill-giver. Model released

Suzi Eszterhas / Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris) veterinarian Mike Murray performing surgery on captured otter to remove time depth recorder as part of long term study, Big Sur Coastline, California, USA September...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Showing label on vial. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Se...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination notes. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are noted of all badgers vaccinated. Cheshire / Shropshire bor...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being administered by Shropshire Wildlife Trust in autumn 2012, with BBC film crew observing. The badger is then sprayed with a stock-marker paint mark...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being taken into syringe for field vaccination. The vaccine is prepared in two parts prior to administration. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Septemb...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain at rear of vehicle. Protective clothing is worn to protect both badger and vaccinator. Cheshire / Shro...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Vaccines must be kept at optimal temperature to avoid spoiling. In this case, a portable fridge is connected to a Land Rover in the fie...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. After vaccine administration and a red stock-mark (upper back, just visible) the badger is released. If captured again on the second da...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccines ready for adminstration. All vaccines are strictly controlled by veterinary suppliers and only the exact number needed issued during each vaccination...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination team from Cheshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination team from Cheshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust, UK. Overnight traps are checked and captured badgers must be processed and vaccina...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Peanuts are used to attract badgers into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination to allow them to become aclimatised...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Peanuts are used to attract badgers into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination to allow them to become aclimatised...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. In autumn 2012, wet weather meant many traps had to be take...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination, including bedding in with vegetation along natural badger '...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Traps are carefully set into natural badger 'runs' along he...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Traps are carefully set into natural badger 'runs' along he...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Notes on the cage inform anyone coming across the trap of t...

Tom Marshall / Peanuts are used to attract badgers (Meles meles) into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination with bovine tuberculosis vaccination. to allow them to become aclimatised to trapping e...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) being vaccinated with Bovine tuberculosis vaccine by Cheshire Wildlife Trust & Shropshire Wildlife Trust staff. Badgers are first 'live-trapped' overnight then vaccinated, marked...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for by Jenny Mclean, owner and main carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Austr...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Neil Aldridge / A Defra Field Worker records the removal of vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers prepare vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011. Part of winning portfolio for Do...

Andrew Parkinson / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris), large six year old adult male rearing up to scratch off and eat bark, thought to soothe an upset stomach. Endangered. Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Non-ex.

Andrew Parkinson / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris), large six year old adult male rearing up to scratch off and eat bark, thought to soothe an upset stomach. Endangered. Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Non-ex.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) syringes filled with rehydration liquid given to penguins in rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Ca...

Daniel Heuclin / Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) handled by worker at venom collection laboratory. Ghana, Africa.

Daniel Heuclin / Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) handled by worker at venom collection laboratory. Ghana, Africa.

Daniel Heuclin / Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) handled by worker at venom collection laboratory, showing large fangs. Ghana, Africa.

Daniel Heuclin / Extracting venom from Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) for the production of antivenom. Ghana, Africa.

Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, with vials of venom, used in medical research and for making anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Chinese animal medicine market, including pangolin, snake skins, ungulate horns, and other unidentified dead animals. Cengdu, Sichuan, China, 1983.

Roland Seitre / Traditional chinese medicines for analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Dave Watts / Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) scientists working on devil with cancer (DFTD) Devil Facial Tumour Disease, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia

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

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ginkgo / Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) leaves, of medicinal value as a vasodilator, Italy, May). meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ginkgo / Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) leaves, of medicinal value as a vasodilator, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ginkgo / Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) leaves, of medicinal value as a vasodilator, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Simon Colmer / (Vernonia amygdalina) commonly called bitter leaf because of its bitter taste. In the wild, chimpanzees have been observed ingesting leaves to counter parasitic infections. Medicinal plant: used for w...