David Perpinan / Close-up of a carer feeding a Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

Ann & Steve Toon / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), being scanned for microchip, part of conservation project, Namib Desert, Namibia, April

Francisco Marquez / Researcher collecting a blood sample from a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile's leg during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Suzi Eszterhas / North American beaver (Castor canadensis) orphaned kit feeding from syringe. Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, USA. September 2015. Captive.

Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a vet preparing drug for darting a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2015.

David Perpinan / Radiography of the anterior section of a captive Leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus guentheri) showing cervical endolymphatic calcium stores. These stores are more prominent in females and are used as a cal...

David Perpinan / Radiography of a captive Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) with sand impaction, a common condition in captive reptiles. small repro only

David Perpinan / Radiography of a Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) showing a characteristic of this species - they just lay one egg. Captive. Small repro only.

David Perpinan / Radiography of a captive female red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) showing eggs within the uterus. Captive animal. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Radiography of a wild herring gull (Larus argentatus) showing osteomyelitis affecting the left tarsal joint. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Carer feeding Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

Oliver Hellowell / Photographer Oliver Hellowell taking pictures, balancing the camera on the head of photographer Mike O'Carroll, England, UK. June 2017.

Oliver Hellowell / Photographer Oliver Hellowell with camera, England, UK. February 2015

Oliver Hellowell / Photographer Oliver Hellowell taking pictures at Loch Dunmore, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. August 2014

Oliver Hellowell / Photographer Oliver Hellowell taking pictures on the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England, UK. April 2017

Oliver Hellowell / Photographers Oliver Hellowell and Ken Jenkins (Tennessee based photographer) being interviewed on film for the BBC programme The One Show. Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK. July 2018

Oliver Hellowell / Photographers Oliver Hellowell and Ken Jenkins (Tennessee based photographer) being filmed at their joint exhibition at the T5 Gallery, Heathrow Airport, England, UK. July.

Oliver Hellowell / Oliver Hellowell taking pictures of Dartmoor stream, Devon, England, UK, August.

Eric Baccega / Female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic and undergoing an MRI scanner in the surgery station of the zoo, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.

Eric Baccega / Chief veterinarian, Baptiste Mulot, performing MRI imaging on a female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic in the zoo surgery station, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.

Tom Gilks / Clinician inserting contraceptive implant into woman's upper arm, at a family health clinic, Kisumu, Kenya.

Suzi Eszterhas / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), male sick with chlamydia on scale while under anaesthetic. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia, captive.

Eric Baccega / Rodolphe Delord, Managing Director, his sister Delphine Delord, Marketing Manager, and Baptiste Mulot, Chief veterinarian, looking at the ultrasound scan of panda twins, Beauval Zoo, France. August...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) male, on back to show underside of chin for pelage scoring. Inside The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsprey, Cairngorms Na...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Conservationist from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS measuring the size of a Scottish wildcat's (Felis silvestris grampia) testes. Inside RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsprey, Cairngorms Nat...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Veterinarian from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS with blood sample from Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia). To be used for genetic testing. Inside RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsp...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Veterinarian from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS using a catheter to collect semen for genetic testing from a sedated Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia). Inside RZSS mobile vet...

Cyril Ruoso / Woman collecting Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) flowers and leaves, used in herbal medicine, and containing molecules which are used in the treatment of leukemia. Berenty, Madagascar.

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Romain Pizzi using an ultrasound scanner to look for foetuses in anaesthetised female Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). Beaver from an escaped population on the River Otter.Project overseen...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones using an ultrasound scanner to look for a foetus inside a Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, with the image projected onto goggles in front of his eyes, Wiltsh...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones injecting antibiotics into the rump of a sick Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, Gloucestershire, UK, September 2014. Model released.

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones checking the image of a calf foetus on a screen recorded by an ultrasound scanner inside a Holstein Friesian cow (Bos taurus) held in a crush, Wiltshire, UK, September 2014. M...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones injecting antibiotics into the ear of a Charolais calf held still in a crush by a farmer, Wiltshire, UK, September 2014. Model released.

Daniel Heuclin / Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), keepers administrating worming medicine. Captive. Occurs on the Aldabra atoll, Seychelles

Daniel Heuclin / Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), keepers administrating worming medicine. Captive. Occurs on the Aldabra atoll, Seychelles.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Baby receiving child receiving oral vaccine against polio, at infant medical centre, Canogo Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Children with their mothers at infant medical centre to be vaccinated against polio, Canogo Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Chris Gomersall / Anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug Diclofenac used in veterinary medicine, shown here with some of its aliases, has been identified as the cause of the catastrophic decline in the population of wild vultu...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) released after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust in south Cheshire. Rock is used to bury peanuts used for attracting badger to live traps. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) just before release after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust in south Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Wildlife Trust staff recording information during badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination scheme in South Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) released after being given bovine TB vaccine by Wildlife Trust, south Cheshire. May, 2013.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination in south Cheshire, Wildlife Trust staff marking with stock spray to identify treated badger. Hair is removed to make spray easier to apply as badgers preen c...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine TB vaccination in south Cheshire. Hair clip being taken prior to staff marking with stock spray to identify treated badger. Hair is removed to make spray easier to apply as...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator injecting Badger (Meles meles) in south Cheshire with bovine TB vaccine, assistant restrains badger with 'wicket' in live capture cage. Cheshire, England, UK, May 20...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field. Vaccine is 'live' and mixed in two parts just before administration. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field wearing PPE. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team with Dr Jeff Zuba, senior associate veterinar...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) with purple bandage round its injured beak feeding on fish, Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), South Africa May 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant (Loxodonta africana), under anaesthetic while undergoing vasectomy carried out by Elephant Population Management Program veterinary team. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Africa, A...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant (Loxodonta africana), under anaesthetic while undergoing vasectomy carried out by Elephant Population Management Program veterinary team. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Africa, A...

Ann & Steve Toon / Truck closeup of wild elephant (Loxodonta africana), being prepared for a vasectomy operation using keyhole surgery in the bush. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Africa. Dr Douw Groebler in bac...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Programme team assisted by Douw Groebler, game capture exp...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), with drip hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team. Private game reserve in Limpopo, S...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team with Dr Jeff Zuba, senior associate veterinar...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Afri...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana), hoisted into position by crane for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Afric...

Ann & Steve Toon / Vasectomy of wild elephant (Loxodonta africana), with Dr Deena Brenner of the Elephant Population Management Program,vet Denver Zoo and anaesthesia specialist. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South A...

Ann & Steve Toon / Vasectomy of wild elephant (Loxodonta africana), with Dr Jeff Zuba of the Elephant Population Management Program, senior associate veterinarian of the San Diego Zoologicial Society preparing the eleph...

Suzi Eszterhas / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) orphan joey, aged 7 months, being examined by veterinary nurse, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia. October, 2015.

Suzi Eszterhas / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) orphan joey, aged 7 months, with a broken arm lying on hospital bed with a veterinary nurse carrying out an X-ray, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia. Oc...

Suzi Eszterhas / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) orphan joey, aged 7 months, being examined by veterinarian, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia. October, 2015.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe whilst lying on blanket, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Eduardo Blanco / European mink (Mustela lutreola) being weighed after being anaesthetised for operation, Peralta. Navarra province, Spain. Mink was taken from wild then released. Critically endangered.

Jen Guyton / Woman offering her child's finger to be pricked for malaria test in Momba community in park's buffer zone during Medecins Sans Frontieres event. Outskirts of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambi...

Ashley Cooper / A Covid 19 Antigen test kit, UK. April, 2021.

Doug Gimesy / X-ray of a Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) showing ulna bone in wing shattered in 2 places from single pellet shot at Lake Leaghur in opening of hunting season. Bird rescued by Coalition Agains...

Edwin Giesbers / Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) kitten, aged five weeks, being checked by vet, chipped and given necessary vaccinations. Breeding and reintroduction program, Germany. Captive. June.

Doug Gimesy / X-ray of Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) with fishing hook and line in its stomach, near heart. The bird acidentally swallowed the hook and surgery was required to remove it. Currumbin Wi...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Jacobine Have, an Inuit woman photographed in her office at the hospital at Qaanaaq where she works in administration. Northwest Greenland, 2021.

Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) artificial insemination of queen, Germany.

Eric Baccega / Chief veterinarian manipulating special tool for elephant female insemination (Loxodonta Africana). The wild African elephant sperm bank of Beauval is the only one in the world. Surgery station of Be...

Eric Baccega / Chinese veterinarian, from the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Centre, at the French zoo surgery station, analysing the collected sperm from male panda, Yuan Zi, before insemination of the female panda (...

Doug Gimesy / Boobok owl (Ninox boobook) chick held by veterinary nurse while blood is taken for analysis. Chick treated for head trauma, likely caused by bird attack. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast, Queen...

Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controll...

Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator prepares a syringe before vaccinating a European badger (Meles meles) against TB. North Somerset, UK. . Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of contro...

Neil Aldridge / A vaccinator preparing to inoculate a European badger (Meles meles) against TB uses plastic wickets to restrict the animal's movement in a cage trap. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination program...

Neil Aldridge / A veterinary syringe with a small amount of liquid on a white background.

Neil Aldridge / A case with two syringes containing TB vaccine for badgers and a pair of scissors being used during a European badger vaccination programme in North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are bei...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian and koala expert, Jon Hanger from the Endeavour Ecology Center, looks at an x-ray of a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) whose leg has been broken from a car accident. Toorbul, Queensland, A...

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian and koala expert Jon Hanger, and veterinary nurse Jo Loader, from the Endeavour Ecology Center, look at an x-ray of a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) whose leg has been broken from a car a...