Staffan Widstrand / Butchering grey whale kill on beach, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

David Pattyn / Fishermen butchering sailfish, sharks and swordfish at the fishmarket on the beach, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

Ashley Cooper / Malawians butchering a Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) near Chikwawa, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Malawians butchering a Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) near Chikwawa, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Malawian man butchering a Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) near Chikwawa, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Seal meat butchered by an Inuit man, Ilulissat, Greenland, July 2008.

Jen Guyton / Man butchering Ocellated eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus) Ibo Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique June 2011

Cyril Ruoso / Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) endangered species butchered for food, Cameroon

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Cyril Ruoso / Residents of Faroe Islands butchering 150 Long finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) after traditional hunt. The residents will share the meat between themselves. Faroe Islands, August 2003.

Jeff Rotman / El Molo hunters butchering Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Lake Turkana, Kenya.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Two halves of freshly skinned and prepared female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian hunters participating in a lottery to share the freshly prepared meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt. Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian hunters participating in a lottery to share the freshly prepared meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt. Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) hide in the garage of a Romanian hunter. Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Freshly prepared meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian hunters skinning and preparing the meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, Octob...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian hunters skinning and preparing the meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, Octob...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian hunters skinning and preparing the meat of a female Wild boar (Sus scrofa) that was shot during a driving hunt in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, Octob...

Pete Oxford / Black-fronted Duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons) being sold as bushmeat, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Cyril Ruoso / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) subsistence hunting, 150 harvested, Faroe Islands

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Sharks (Alopias vulpinus) dead animals being cleaned by gill net fishermen on shore, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman processes a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, in the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska. The meat and blubber will be eaten and...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indians butchering a peccary before boiling or smoking it. Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, May 2007.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi woman butchering Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) on kitchen floor. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught at breathing hole. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) and loading meat onto sled. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters having break after butchering a Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) on sea ice. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) at floe edge. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on ice floe. Northwest Greenland, 1989.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter butchering Polar bear (Ursus maritumus) on ice in Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter Mikile Kristiansen butchering dead Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) near Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). The skin, a great source of vitamins, is a delicacy. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter on ice floe butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) using sharp knife. Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) getting butchered, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) getting butchered, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) getting butchered, Rupununi, Guyana

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on ice floe. Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on ice floe. Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch on the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA, May 20...

Eric Baccega / Yali men butchering a pig to cook, Uldam village. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002 (West Papua).

Peter Cairns / Hunter with recently shot Common seal (Phoca vitulina) Nord-Trondelag, Norway, April 2007

Peter Cairns / Hunter cutting open recently shot Common seal (Phoca vitulina) Nord-Trondelag, Norway, April 2007

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Deer stalker butchering and processing Red deer {Cervus elaphus} hind as part of controlled cull, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2008

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Deer stalker butchering and processing Red deer {Cervus elaphus} hind as part of controlled cull, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2008

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) harvested by subsistence hunters, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Karl Ammann / Ba'ka pygmy in Cameroon, West Africa being tested for Ebola virus after eating infected gorilla meat. Close genetic correlation between humans and apes means that many of the same viruses and parasite...

Karl Ammann / Bushmeat for sale in urban market, Central Africa. Wild meat, often from endangered species, is sold in every city throughout West and Central Africa often at higher prices than domestic meat. Commerc...

Staffan Widstrand / Butchering walrus carcass on beach, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Pete Oxford / Yupik eskimos with hunted Pacific walrus, Uelen, Siberia, Russia

Pete Oxford / Yupik eskimos butchering Pacific walrus, Uelen, Siberia, Russia

Juergen Freund / Villagers cut up whale shark meat on beach, Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Villagers cut up whale shark meat on beach, Pamilacan Island, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Dugong (Dugong dugon) caught legally and butchered by Torres Strait Islanders, Torres Strait, Northern Australia, Australia

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) getting butchered, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) getting butchered, Rupununi, Guyana

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) meat. Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 wh...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) meat. Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 wh...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Local from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whales...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Local from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whales...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Local from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whales...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Barry Bland / Locals from the island of Bequia butchering a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whale...

Jabruson / Butchering a poached Hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius) in the Rwindi sector of Virunga National Park, Congo

Chris Gomersall / Whalers butchering Sperm whale {Physeter macrocephalus} Azores

Charlie Hamilton-James / Three Maasai herders butchering a cow killed by the Talek pride of Lions (Panthera leo) , Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. April, 2015.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Maasai cattle herders butchering a cow killed by the Talek pride of Lions (Panthera leo) , Masai Mara , Kenya, Africa. April, 2015.

Pete Oxford / Butchering sheep, Chimborazo Province, Andes, Ecuador. July 2016.

Pete Oxford / Local woman butchering sheep, Chimborazo Province, Andes, Ecuador. July 2016.

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Pregnant female Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) laid on the floor, prior to transport for finning and butchering at shark processing factory, Ranong Province, Thailand, January 2015