Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla), victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades, Central Africa. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunters capture the babies for additional pro...

Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla) head portrait - victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trade, Pointe Nior, Democratic Republic of Congo. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunt...

Todd Pusser / Immature Swordfish {Xaphias gladias} caught in abandoned drifting longline, Italy.

Niall Benvie / Dead Robin (Erithacus rubecula), victim of domestic cat predation.

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...

Alex Mustard / Tropical blue ring octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is small but has one of the most venomous creatures in the ocean, its bite injects a neurotoxin that paralyses its victim. It flashes its blue rings...

Andy Sands / Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) on clustered bell heather looking for fly victim. West Sussex, England, UK, August.

Peter Cairns / Scottish Wildcat (Felis sylvestris) roadkill victim being examined to establish genetic purity. Tail held up to show characteristic rings, Scotland, UK, January 2007, Highly commended, Documentary ser...

Peter Cairns / Scottish Wildcat (Felis sylvestris) roadkill victim being examined to establish genetic purity, Scotland, UK, January 2007

Solvin Zankl / Dog working in rescue / training situation, with victim lying on ground in field, Germany, September 2009

Daniel Heuclin / Swollen arm of victim after venomous snake bite from Asp viper (Vipera aspis) France, Europe.

Tim Laman / Close up of Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) on a leaf in tropical rainforest, waiting for passing victim. Borneo

Tim Laman / Close up of Tiger Leech (Haemadipsa picta) on a leaf in tropical rainforest, waiting for passing victim. Borneo

Jeff Rotman / Rodney Fox shows his scar from attack by Great White Shark when he was badly bitten around the chest and arm in December 1963. South Australia. Model released.

Luciano Candisani / Southern Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) a road kill victim, Brazil

Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) dragging Shield bug prey back to its burrow, A small wasp that specialises in hunting 6th instar Sheild Bugs which it paralyses and takes back to its burrow wher...

Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) dragging Shield bug prey back to its burrow, A small wasp that specialises in hunting 6th instar Sheild Bugs which it paralyses and takes back to its burrow wher...

John Cancalosi / Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica), dead female, possibly a victim of fungal disease, NY, USA

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pheidole sp) group killed by Ants (Lophomyrmex sp), which cut them apart with fine-toothed saw manibles, Borneo

Bruno D'Amicis / Dead Mute swan (Cygnus olor) possible victim of bird flu, along the coast of the Baltic sea. RŸgen, Germany

Jabruson / Dead African forest elephant {Loxodonta africana} victim of disease, Odzala NP, Rep of Congo

Luciano Candisani / Southern Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) road kill victim, Cerrado Ecosystem, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil

Philippe Clement / Eastern Grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) carcass and Cactus. Victim of extreme drought in the Sonoran Desert. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

David Kjaer / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) with fishing net caught around it's neck, Donna Knook, Lincolnshire, UK

David Kjaer / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) injured by fishing net caught around the neck, Donna Knook, Lincolnshire, UK

Mark Moffett / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) soldier's mandibles are curved like fishooks which soldiers cannot extract once they've bitten a victim, thereby dooming themselves, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale victim of a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) attack, Somerset Island, Northwest Territory, Canada

Nick Garbutt / Tiger attack victim with missing eye and scarred face, Ranthambhore NP, Rajasthan, India

Nick Garbutt / Tiger attack victim with missing eye and scarred face, Ranthambhore NP, Rajasthan, India

Piotr Naskrecki / Blue Dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) falling victim to an even larger hunter, an African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa), Guinea

HUW CORDEY / Dead wild Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), victim of harsh winter in Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Endangered species in the wild. January 2004. Filmed for BBC Planet Earth series.

Pete Oxford / Jacare caiman dominant aggressor guarding carcass {Caiman crocodilus yacare} Pantanal, South America

Niall Benvie / Foot of Red deer {Cervus elaphus} victim of cold winter, Sor Trondelag, Norway.

Brian Lightfoot / European hare {Lepus europaeus} caught in bale by straw baler. Scotland, UK

DAVID TIPLING / Whooper Swan {Cygnus cygnus} suspected victim of bird flu, Balkans, February 2006.

DAVID TIPLING / Coot {Fulica atra} dead in reedbed, victim of cold weather.

DAVID TIPLING / Coot {Fulica atra} dead on ice in reedbed, victim of cold weather, January, UK.

DAVID TIPLING / Whooper Swan {Cygnus cygnus} suspected victim of bird flu, Balkans, February 2006.

Jabruson / Carcass of Bohor reedbuck, drought victim, Lake Nakaru, Kenya

Karl Ammann / Hunter removing snare victim (duiker?) for sale as bushmeat, Central Africa. Snaring is indiscriminate, killing endangered as well as common species. Many victims are lost to scavengers, insects or ro...

Karl Ammann / Dead gorilla baby (Gorilla g gorilla), victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades, Central Africa. Nearly all gorilla orphans enetering the pet trade die from dehydration, disease and grief.

Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla) - victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades - with smuggled ivory, Central Africa. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunters capture the ba...

Daniel Gomez / Caiman {Caiman sp.} attack victim showing his wound. Para State, Brazil.

Gabriel Rojo / Measuring La Plata river dolphin killed in fishing net, Argentina {Pontoporia blainvillei}

Mark Moffett / Tam Dao Newt (Paramesotriton deloustali) for sale in pet store, an endangered victim of the illegal pet trade, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Jabruson / Assassin bug sucking juices from body of victim (Reduviidae) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jeff Rotman / Rodney Fox - Great white shark attack victim with photos. South Australia Model released.

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla with missing hand from poachers snare Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

Jim Brandenburg / Fish victims of drought, Texas

Tui De Roy / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) road-kill victim due to traffic in expanding agricultural development in dry Cerrado grassland habitat, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) grasps springtail in jaws and thrusts her abdomen forward and injects victim with stinger, Costa Rica

Jeff Rotman / Man floating on inflatable raft - potential shark attack victim. Hawaii, Pacific Model released.

Richard Du Toit / Common zebra {Equus quagga} wounded from Lion attack SavuteChobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Common zebra {Equus quagga} wounded in Lion attack Savute-Chobe NP, Botswana

Jeff Rotman / Hawksbill turtle hooked on long line {Eretmochelys imbricata} Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Nigel Bean / Dead Loggerhead turtle {Caretta caretta} caught on fishing line and washed up on shore. Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Paul D Stewart / Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (born August 2nd 1672 - died June 23rd 1733). Swiss traveller naturalist and geologist. Contemporary Folio size Portrait copper engraving at 59 years old (1731) from Physica Sa...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of extinct fossil giant salamander (Andrias sheuchzeri), first named as Homo diluvii testis (evidence of a diluvian human or witness of the flood) from the work of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer...

Tui De Roy / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) eye of poaching victim, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) head carried by man, a victim of bycatch, small fishing village of Lavanono on the southern coast of Madagascar

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Crocodile (Crocodylus sp) attack victim, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Michael Quinton / Common Loon (Gavia immer) washed up dead on the shore possibly a victim of Mercury poisoning, Florida

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) bloody dorsal fin

Jeff Rotman / Rodney Fox - Gt white shark victim with photos. South Australia Model released.