Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant biting {Dorylus/ Anomma speciess). Species is non-stinging, but jaws can tear human flesh. East Africa

Sue Flood / Beluga whales caught in ice hole wounded from Polar bear attack. Canadian high arctic. June 1999

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging caught under back yard fruit tree netting. This is wildlife friendly netting so he was released without injury.Victoria, Australia. March.

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 / 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 / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) females resting on beach, one with severe injury probably inflicted by male, Prion Island, South Georgia, Antarctica. February 2014

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.

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

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) female with nose injury from bite from male while mating, Monterey, California, USA.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) calf with dorsal fin injury, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) male with dorsal fin injury, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novangliaea) engaged in bubble net feeding, note the injury to dorsal fin possibly from boat propeller, Chatham Strait, Alaska, USA July, .

Mark Carwardine / Orca (Orcinus orca), type one, with flaccid or collapsed dorsal fin, caused by stress, traumatic injury or ill-health, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, western Iceland

Inaki Relanzon / Tourists watching African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby with leg injury. David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

David Woodfall / Researcher looking at Brown carder bee (Bombus humilis) in test tube with tissue paper to prevent injury. Newport Marshes Reserve, Gwent, Wales, UK. August 2014.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) male with eye injury defending a warthog kill. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) male lame from an injury hunted by Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Pascal Kobeh / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming on top of a coral reef, with scars from an injury due to boat propeller, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Anup Shah / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) male which has an injury is hunted by a Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pack, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) alpha male 'Ferdinand' aged 19 years licking an injury on his foot. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Ammonite / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) with limp running to and feeding from Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) calf kill, footage taken at night using starlight camera technology, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with boat propeller injury

Suzi Eszterhas / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female with missing eye due to injury from fight with other female. Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Endangered species

Jabruson / Blackback Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) injury to wrist from wire snare. Mongambe, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, June 2012. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) young male with snare injury on hand, sitting in tropical forest, Western Uganda

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) with scarring around right flipper base, almost certainly from entanglement in fishing gear, Parque Nacional Jaragua, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea

Doug Perrine / Diver photographing leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) with injury at base of flipper, almost certainly caused by fishing gear, Parque Nacional Jaragua, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea....

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) with scar at base of flipper, almost certainly caused by fishing gear, Caribbean Sea, Parque Nacional Jaragua, Dominican Republic, May

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) with scar at base of flipper, almost certainly caused by fishing gear, Caribbean Sea off Parque Nacional Jaragua, Dominican Republic, May

David Tipling / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) shot on Malta, recovered by BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) shot on Malta, recovered by BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) shot on Malta, recovered by BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo, held in hands of volunteer for Birdlife Malta, bird to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sic...

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo held in hand of Birdlife Malta Volunteer, to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily. BirdLif...

David Tipling / Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) adult female shot on Gozo, recovered by BirdLife Malta to be sent to Centro Recupero Fauna Selvatica, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Sicily. BirdLife Malta Sprin...

David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, placed on newspaper which shows article about hunting, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) shot in wing by hunter, dead after being euphanised by vet, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Cuckoo which has been shot, held at vets by BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp 2013 volunteer, April 2013

Sue Daly / Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) growing a new limb. Vingt Clos, Sark, British Channel Islands, August., August.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years looking at the injured finger of female 'Pama' aged 43 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Mike Potts / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) with a wounded neck from fighting. Bardsey Island, North Wales, UK, August

Tony Phelps / Angulate Tortoise (Chersina angulata) young female alive, but with baboon bites. DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Konrad Wothe / Male Chimpanzees fighting (Pan troglodytes) heavily injured alpha male 'Pim', Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Frostbitten toe, the result of having a wet foot at -41 Celsius. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia, February 2007.

Tony Phelps / Bite from Cape Cobra snake (Naja nivea) on human limb,48 hours after the bite, showng blistering and swelling. Western Cape, South Africa. Model released

Tony Phelps / Bite from Cape Cobra snake (Naja nivea) showing blistering and swelling on human hand 48 hours after the bite. South Africa. Model released

Doug Perrine / Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) with shark bite out of pectoral fin, among group feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with wounds inflicted by a Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Sub Antarctic Islands, May.

Jenny E. Ross / Male Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata) missing part of his tail, undoubtedly due to an encounter with a predator. He has a short stub where the missing portion of tail is regrowing. V...

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, portrait of bitch, ruby coated, wearing protective boot / dog boots, to cover injuries

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) portrait, with injury / wound to foreleg, standing in tree, Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa

Mark Carwardine / Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) with fin missing, probably cut off by boat propeller, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Jeff Rotman / Scientsist revives and saves Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from fishing related injury, by forcing water across its gills, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) feigning injury, Iceland, June

Doug Wechsler / Great / Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with fish tackle stuck in throat, Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) lying on beach calling after a fight, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

James Christensen / Large-scaled Black Tree Snake (Chironius grandisquamis) with injury, Andes, Ecuador

Jane Burton / Giant sailfin molly {Poecilia velifera} male in courtship display to female, note regeneration of dorsal fin after injury, captive, from Mexico

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog (Schnauzer-mix) with bandaged paw, protection funnel / Elizabthan collar and medical strip.

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog (Schnauzer-mix) raising bandaged paw with medical strips on its body

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog (Schnauzer-mix) raising bandaged paw and looking up.

Shattil & Rozinski / American avocet {Recurvirostra americana} injured wing display to feign injury and draw predator away from nest, Colorado, USA

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Viviparous / Common lizard (lacerta vivipara) with healing tail injury

Jane Burton / Springer x Border Collie with bandaged hind foot

Jane Burton / Border Collie, 14 years old, with bandaged fore leg

Jane Burton / X-ray photograph showing fractured femur of Border Collie, broken in an accident.

Jane Burton / X-ray showing femur of Border Collie with steel pin inserted to set fracture

Jane Burton / Collapsed dog covered with an emergency blanket of heat reflecting foil

Jane Burton / Sable Border Collie with bandaged fore paw after toe amputation (Osteomyelitis)

Colin Seddon / Vet examining European river otter (Lutra lutra) Somerset, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Male White rhinoceros {Ceratotherium simum} with bloody face after recieving wound during territorial dispute, Lewa Downs, Kenya

Jabruson / African elephant {Loxodonta africana} male with deformed foot, Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} tranquilized by state vets treating injury, Kruger NP, South Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Park veterinarians and rangers treat a female Black rhinoceros' infected wound {Diceros bicornis} Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Colin Seddon / X-ray of Mallard duck with fish hook in throat. UK {Anas platyrhynchos}

David Welling / Ringed plover feigning injury {Charadrius hiaticula} Canada.

Sue Flood / Beluga whales trapped at ice hole and injured by Polar bear attack. Canadian High Arctic.

Tony Heald / Crowned plover, wings spread in defensive posture by nest {Vanellus coronatus} Etosha NP, Namibia. Plovers nest on the ground and feign injury when a predator approaches to distract it away from the n...

Sumio Harada / Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) male with broken horn and bleeding injury from competing with other males for females, with female, Rocky Mountains, North America

Constantinos Petrinos / Mutilated Swimming crab {Portunidae} & tiny Moray eel, Sulawesi Indonesia. Indo Pacific

TJ Rich / Equine physiotherapist at work on horse, Hampshire UK

TJ Rich / Equine physiotherapist at work on horse, Hampshire UK

Suzi Eszterhas / Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) rehabilitator, holding bird with fish hook injury, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback with missing hand from snare injury, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Suzi Eszterhas / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback with missing hand from snare injury, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Suzi Eszterhas / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback with missing hand from snare injury, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) carried by caretaker Santiago Chaggo after injury from falling out of tree, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog (Schnauzer-mix) with bandaged paw and medical strip on its head