Jeff Rotman / Diver observing dead sharks on seafloor, finned alive and thrown overboard to drown, caught on longline, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) dragging seal under water to drown it, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2...

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver holding a Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), finned alive, thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Sharks finned alive and thrown overboard to drown and wash up on beach. Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Diver examines sharks, finned and thrown overboard to drown. Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Todd Pusser / Transient killer whale leaps on Grey whale calf in attempt to drown it, California, USA.

Mark Moffett / Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata) traps insects in fluid filled cup where the insects drown and are slowly digested by the plant's juices, Borneo

Norbert Wu / Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) caught on long-line, will drown if not released in time, Baja California, Mexico

Mark Moffett / Insects, including ants fall into pitcher plant and drown, Brunei, Borneo

Jeff Rotman / Finned sharks, thrown overboard alive to drown, Central America, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphryna lewini) finned alive and thrown overboard to drown,

Jeff Rotman / Scalloped Hammerhead shark finned alive and thrown overboard to drown {Sphyrna lewini} previously caught on longline fishing hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean, WHS

Jeff Rotman / Man with dead sharks finned alive and thrown overboard to drown, washed up on beach, previously caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver examining shark carcasses on seabed finned alive and thrown overboard to drown, caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Turtle skeleton in turtle tomb cave. Many turtles swim into the cave, cannot find their way out and drown. Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia.

Mark Moffett / Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata) traps insects in fluid filled cup where the insects drown and are slowly digested by the plant's juices, Borneo