Bruno D'Amicis / Young Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) cub, offered for sale to the photographer by the young man who trapped it in the desert. Kebili Region, Tunisia. May 2014. Winner of the World in our Hands category, Wi...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers, Dr Paul Smith and Beverly Brown, treat a Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in their home, whose wind had been torn after being caught in barbed-wire. Black Rock,...

Jeff Foott / African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) with torn ear, resting.Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Axel Gomille / Gaur (Bos gaurus), old male with ears torn and one eye missing, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

Frederique Olivier / African lioness (Panthera leo) with a torn nostril looking around, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Charlie Summers / Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) damaged by elephants, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Charlie Summers / Flat top acacia tree (Acacia abyssinica) damaged by elephants. Elephants get moisture by feeding on the bark.

Nick Upton / Rescued Common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) with the skin of one wing badly torn by a domestic cat being inspected, which will need to heal before it can fly again, North Devon Bat Care...

Tony Heald / Indian rag picker boys standing on rubbish heap in landfill site, Guwahati, Assam, India, March 2009.

Chien Lee / Palm (Pinanga tenella) with narrow leaves capable of withstanding occasional floods of swift water without being torn, Tibu, Batang Ai National Park, Malaysia

Axel Gomille / Gaur (Bos gaurus), old male, ears torn, displaying flehmen posture to detect scent, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Endangered species.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) killed in barbed wired fence, Queensland, Australia. December 2007.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) killed in barbed wired fence, Queensland, Australia. December 2007.

Philip Stephen / Deckhands repairing torn net aboard fishing vessel "Harvester", North Sea, August 2008. Property and Model Released.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Bull Elephant seal (Mirounga genus) with badly torn nose at the end of the breeding season, South Georgia.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica) pecking torn flesh on bloody nose of Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull wounded during fight for access to females, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Is...

Petra Wegner / Tricolor Cavalier King Charles Spaniel playing in torn up paper

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog playing in torn paper

George McCarthy / Small copper butterfly with torn wing, possibly from bird attack, {Lycaena phlaeas} Sussex, UK. On Ragwort.

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) swarm of minor workers with major worker carry lizard that is still alive, but its legs have been torn off

Philip Stephen / Crewmen repairing a torn net on the stern of the fishing traweler "Carisanne" in the North Sea.April 2007.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen repairing torn nets after snagging a seabed obstruction in the North Sea, August 2006.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen repairing torn nets after snagging a seabed obstruction in the North Sea, August 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / "Merit Cup" tears her main at the finish of the Whitbread Race leg to Auckland, 1997.

David Woodfall / Torn council waste bags, with rubbish scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

David Woodfall / Torn council waste bags, with rubbish scattered over the streets of a small town. Wales, UK July 2008

Ken Preston-Mafham/PREMAPHOTOS / Barred / Splendid leaf frog (probably Cruziohyla sylviae, formerly Cruziohyla calcarifer) walking accross a torn leaf in the rainforests of Costa Rica

Ken Preston-Mafham/PREMAPHOTOS / Barred / Splendid leaf frog (probably Cruziohyla sylviae, formerly Cruziohyla calcarifer) walking accross a torn leaf in the rainforests of Costa Rica

David Fleetham / Naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada) in flower, Hawaii. In Hawaiian legends, Naupaka are a symbol of lovers torn apart and never reunited.

Ashley Cooper / Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly with ragged wings, resting on a plant, Bowland, Lancashire, UK. July.

Barry Mansell / Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) with faded colouration and torn wing, native to southeast Asia, feeds on citrus, guava and cinnamon. Florida, USA.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) attacked and injured when it was very young. From this angle, the half-torn pectoral fin on the calf's right side is visible. The most severe injuries were...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fringed pink (Dianthus superbus). Duron Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) adult feeding on peanuts in a mesh cover bird feeder, Berkshire, England, UK, June

Philippe Clement / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly with severely damaged wings resting on leaf, Belgium, April