Ashley Cooper / Lorry is disinfected after dropping off slaughtered carcasses of animals with Foot and Mouth Desease at the mass grave site at Orton in Cumbria, England, UK. 2001.

Ashley Cooper / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), by the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaught...

Ashley Cooper / The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February...

Ashley Cooper / Old whaling station at Grytviken, South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat. February 2014

Pal Hermansen / Slaughtered domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) carcasses hanging, Norway, September.

Pal Hermansen / Slaughtered Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) carcasses hanging, Oppland, Norway, September.

Pal Hermansen / Slaughtered domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) heads in skip, Oppland Norway, September 2014.

Pal Hermansen / People dragging domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) by their antlers to be slaughtered, Oppland, Norway, September 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Man about out to slaughter a domestic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) Oppland, Norway, September 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) culled, lying in pool of blood, Oppland, Norway, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Head of Cockerel slaughtered for dinner, Letea, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Doug Perrine / Striped marlin {Tetrapturus audax} off Baja California, Mexico. Haze behind Marlin is blood and scales from Sardines slaughtered by Marlin

Pete Oxford / Dead dog slaughtered for food, Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Dead dog slaughtered for food - hair is taken off with boiling water then the skin is torched before the meat is cooked, Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Constantinos Petrinos / Buffalos slaughtered during Toraja funeral ceremony, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 2000.

Constantinos Petrinos / Buffalo being slaughtered during Toraja funeral ceremony, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 2000.

Doug Perrine / Dead blue marlin, slaughtered and hung up on the gallows at Kill Big Game fishing tournament, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986

Juergen Freund / Slaughtered domestic dog {Canis familiaris} for sale at food market, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand / Men dragging slaughtered Black bear {Ursus americanus} Kobuk Valley NP, Alaskar

Juergen Freund / Slaughtered sea turtles in Asian fish market, Manado, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Whale shark slaughtered and cut up in shallow water. Pamilacan, Bohol, Philippines. 1997

Juergen Freund / Whale shark slaughtered and cut up in shallow water. Pamilacan, Bohol, Philippines. 1997

Juergen Freund / View of Whale shark slaughter in shallow water. Pamilacan, Bohol, Philippines. 1997

Charlie Hamilton-James / Maasai herdsmen slaughtering a mortally wounded cow after it was attacked by Hyenas the previous night, Talek Area, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. November, 2015.

Maxime Aliaga / Every month some cattle are slaughtered to feed the Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) of Antisanilla Reserve. Ecuador , August 2015

Terry Whittaker / Bjarni Reykjalin Magnusson sitting on cliff, ringing neck of Puffin (Fratercula arctica) caught with traditional long-handled neck. Grimsey Island, Iceland. 2019.

Terry Whittaker / Gabriel Sigurourson ringing neck of Puffin (Fratercula arctica) caught with traditional long-handled net, on coast. Grimsey Island, Iceland. July 2019.