Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) rehabilitator, Isabel Luevano, with one day old orphan duckling, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) orphan played with by rehabilitator, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

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

David Woodfall / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Bellflower in garden, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. June. Taken in the garden of a hedgehog rehabilitator.

Suzi Eszterhas / Coyote (Canis latrans) rehabilitator, Jessie Paolello, holding two month old orphan pup, Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington

Suzi Eszterhas / Coyote (Canis latrans) rehabilitator, Jessie Paolello, examining two month old orphan pup, Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) rehabilitator, Martha Grimson, drying juvenile, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) rehabilitator, Isabel Luevano, with two week old orphan chick, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Suzi Eszterhas / American Beaver (Castor canadensis) wildlife rehabilitator, Jessie Lazaris, holding one-month-old orphaned kit feeding on leaf, Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington

Suzi Eszterhas / American Beaver (Castor canadensis) wildlife rehabilitator, Jessie Lazaris, with one-month-old orphaned kit, Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington

Suzi Eszterhas / American Beaver (Castor canadensis) wildlife rehabilitator, Jessie Lazaris, holding one-month-old orphaned kit, Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, Arlington, Washington

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) juvenile, with head in rehabilitator's hand, Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), Cape Town, South Africa