Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman and one of his Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Florian Möllers / Fisherman holding Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) with large fish in its beak. Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Cocks fighting in cock fight, Guimaras island, Philippines, February 2007

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tangled in a discarded fishing net, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, July 2010.

Philip Dalton / Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) grabbing Common Zebra (Equus burchellii) as it swims across Mara river during migration, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Patricio Robles Gil / Matador in final stages of bullfight leaps over bull to pierce bull between horns with blade, Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico Sequence

Andy Rouse / Striated / Forster's caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) group surrounding penguin chick, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Tony Heald / Bengal tiger [Panthera tigris tigris] crossing road in front of watching tourists, Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India, March

Anup Shah / Golden jackals {Canis aureus} killing young Gazelle, Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania