Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully attempting to jump across it. This muntjac was unable to get out of the creek himself, and was later rescued by the p...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf 'Tahafa' male with injured pectoral fin and scarred body, with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean. COP26 Countdown Photo Competition 2021 Finalist.

Juergen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) female swimming in water with courtship bite mark on tail, eastern Australia

Carol Walker / Lusitano horse, bull fighter mounted on grey stallion, in this type of bull fighting neither horse nor bull are injured, Portugal, May 2011, model released

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, tricolour, getting teeth brushed with oral cleaner, model released

Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Bence Mate / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) in aggressive encounter with a Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma), Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fatally injured in collision with ship and subsequently found by research vessel, Santa Barbara Channel, California

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) group surrounding wounded Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) female attacking wounded Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female showing finger lost to poacher's trap, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fred Bavendam / West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) named Sadie has propeller cuts on the tail, but her calf remains intact, every year boats kill dozens of manatees, Kings Bay, Crystal River, Florida

Fred Bavendam / Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) colony with an extensive bleached area at its center, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Doug Allan / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} wounded in attack by Leopard seal, Antarctica

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an injured Leaf cutter ant (Atta) limping along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) female with injured eye cooling off in stream, Bandhavgarh National Park, India,

Doug Gimesy / Injured Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), that was found exhausted and dehydrated, is hand fed fruit whilst kept comfortable and safe in an incubator at wildlife carers Julie Malherbe&a...

Doug Gimesy / Injured Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), that was found exhausted and dehydrated, is hand fed fruit whilst kept comfortable and safe in an incubator at wildlife carers Julie Malherbe&a...

David Tipling / Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) with injured wing after being shot. Holkham, Norfolk, England, UK. October.

Nick Upton / European wasps (Vespula germanica) entering and leaving an underground nest, with one removing an injured grub, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) female with abscess and broken tooth, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ashley Cooper / Paramedics and Mountain Rescue team members evacuate an injured walker who had fallen and injured his back, Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, UK. January 2010

Ashley Cooper / Paramedics from the Great north Air Ambulance and members of Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue evacuate an injured man who fell into Wrynose Beck. England, UK. July 2009

Ashley Cooper / Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale, Cumbria, England, UK. August 2007

Ashley Cooper / Injured climber with a dislocated shoulder is winched off Jacks Rake Pavey Ark by the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team, Lake District, England, UK, August. August 2005

Ashley Cooper / Members of Langdale Ambleside mountain rescue team attracting a helicopter to an injured walker on Bow Fell, Lake District, England, UK. July 2006

Ashley Cooper / Members of Langdael Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team lowering a stretcher lowerm doing a stretcher lower down a crag in Langdale as part of training. UK. July 2006

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge wound, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge gash, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / One year on from the catastrophic bush fires the residents of Marysville are still living in temporary accomodation after their houses were destroyed in one of the worst affected communities of the ca...

Neil Aldridge / Woman checking over badly injured male Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) which was found after being hit by a vehicle. Fox Project, Kent, England, UK, August. Winner of the Portfolio Category of Nature Photogra...

Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) two day old orphan duckling with broken leg, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Jeff Foott / Jaguar (Panthera onca) with injured eye, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

David Fleetham / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with rear right fin bitten away by a Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Wounded great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The wound was inflicted by another shark and will heal surprisingly fast.

Doug Perrine / Fissure along the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano, blasting lava bombs hundreds of meters into the air near a residence off Highway 132 between Pahoa and Kapoho in Puna District, Hawaii. The house w...

Adrian Davies / Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus), detail of fifth finger on outstretched wing. Captive, injured animal. UK. May.

Adrian Davies / Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) on tree. Captive, injured animal in rehabilitation UK. May.

Paul Bertner / Leaf with virus, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Leaf with virus, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Ann & Steve Toon / Vet checking hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) with injured jaw, Secret World animal rescue centre, Somerset, UK, June.

Suzi Eszterhas / Jaguar (Panthera onca) stalking caiman, Cuiaba River, Brazil. Digitally adjusted injured eye.

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana), bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance (Loxodonta africana), Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull spraying dust on injured eye to minimize fly annoyance, Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Andrew Walmsley / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus). Adult female with an injured eye, probably from a fight. Temporarily captive to fit a radio collar. Cipaganti, Garut, Java, Indonesia.

Mark Carwardine / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) injured and bleeding, possibly from leopard seal attack, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, November

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) injured male calf Tahafa (calf #14 of the 2011 season) beside his mother, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female calf playing at the surface by slapping injured tail fluke on surface, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male calf slapping the surface of the ocean with its injured fluke, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) male with injured fluke diving to forage for food , Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.

Tony Wu / Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with injured tail fluke from Orca attack, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

Nick Upton / Rescued Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) with injured wings having its recovery and ability to fly tested in a flight cage by Samantha Pickering before release back to the wild, North Devon Bat Care...

Nick Upton / Rescued Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) with an injured ear flying in a flight cage, having its recovery and ability to capture insects on the wing tested before release back to the wild,North...

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Injured by Great white shark, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2015

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf 'Tahafa' male with injured pectoral fin and scarred body, with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf 'Tahafa' male with injured pectoral fin and scarred body, with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean.

Suzi Eszterhas / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) female (possibly with one injured eye, and young, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar.

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) vet Darryl Thorpe takes a blood sample from an injured grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', at BDMLR seal pup treatment facility before its transfer to...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Rachel Shorland carrying injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', in a bag after rescuing it from a beach, Widemouth Ba...

Nick Upton / Weak, injured, Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup 'Jenga', carried to British Divers Marine Life Rescue treatment facility in a crate, before its transfer to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Cornwall, UK,...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement weighing injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' in bag, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK, October. Model rel...

Nick Upton / Sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', with bite marks on its flippers and body and a runny nose, washed up on the tide line, Widemouth Bay, North Cornwall, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Michelle Clement, a British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic inspecting the teeth and gums of a sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', found washed up on the tide line, Widemo...

Chien Lee / Nymphalid Butterfly (Faunis gracilis) with injured wings, Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Franco Banfi / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)with injured jaw, Northern Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Franco Banfi / Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)with injured jaw, Northern Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Nick Upton / Stacey Pryor hand-feeding an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) with Mackerel containing medicine, Cornish Seal Sanctuary Hospital, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, January. Model released.

Nick Upton / Seal hospital where injured Grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus) are treated for injuries and illness after being rescued, Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' with most of his white baby coat moulted off, recovering after treatment and being weaned onto fish at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary hospital, Gw...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Simon Dolphin moving an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' found on a Cornish beach, into a ventilated rescue bag...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Simon Dolphin and Michelle Clement accompanying people carrying an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' in a ventilated rescue bag, Crack...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic Michelle Clement fitting a hose held by colleague Simon Dolphin into the throat of an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' in order to giv...

Nick Upton / Tamara Cooper and Reychell Harris carrying sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle', in travel crate at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. Gweek, Cornwall, UK, October. Model released.

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Simon Dolphin inspecting a sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' rescued on a Cornish beach, Crackington Haven...

Nick Upton / Sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' still in his white baby coat, recovering after initial treatment at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary hospital, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, October. Model r...

Nick Upton / Sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle', released into a cubicle in the Cornish Seal Sanctuary hospital by Reychell Harris, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, October. Model released.

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic Simon Dolphin holding down a sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' rescued on a Cornish beach, Crackington Haven, North Cornwall, UK,...

Nick Upton / Sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle', still with its white baby coat, safely wrapped in a towel to be treated in a cubicle at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary hospital, Gweek, Cornwall,...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic Simon Dolphin using a rectal thermometer to record the temperature of an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' which was found on a Cornish...

Nick Upton / Carers flushing eyes of sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' flushed with saline solution, Cornish Seal Sanctuary hospital, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, October. Model released.

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic Simon Dolphin weighing an injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Boggle' found on a Cornish beach. Crackington Haven, North Cornwall, UK, October....

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue regional co-ordinator Dave Jarvis reading report of an injured grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) on a Cornish beach from his home, Cornwall, UK, October. Model rele...

Nick Upton / Injured grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' after initial veterinary treatment at a British Divers Marine Life Rescue seal pup treatment facility before going on to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary,...

Nick Upton / Injured grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' after initial veterinary treatment at a British Divers Marine Life Rescue seal pup treatment facility before going on to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary,...

Nick Upton / Michelle Clement, a British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic preparing to wrap a towel around a sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', with bite marks on its flippers and body...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Rachel Shorland carrying a very weak, injured, grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', in a bag after rescuing it from a beach,...

Nick Upton / Michelle Clement, a British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic taking an intial look at a sick, injured Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', with bite marks on its flippers and body and a r...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Rachel Shorland carry a very weak, injured, grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', in a bag after rescuing it from Black Rock...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue vet Darryl Thorpe taking a blood sample from an injured grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga' in a cubicle at a BDMLR seal pup treatment facility before its tran...