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Dogs destined to be killed for their meat looking out from within a small and crowded cage at a slaughterhouse on Huu Hung Street. Behind this cage lie the charred bodies of two recently killed dogs, Hanoi, Vietnam. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Appalling Conditions in Vietnamese Wet Markets
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BEAK, TOOTH & CLAW: Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) swooping down calling with claws raised to threaten a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the entrance to a nest box the bird wants to nest in which is already occupied by the squirrel and its mate, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Domestic Dispute
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Children’s Books: Ideas & Concepts
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Yellow jack (Carangoides bartholomaei) shoal swimming over Turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) seagrass bed. Bahamas.

Miracle Grass
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Orangutan (Pongo sp.) forced to perform in a boxing show for the entertainment of tourists. Safari World near Bangkok, Thailand

Eyes of the Orangutan
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Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cubs, Yuandudu and Huanlili, aged 8 months, side by side, Beauval ZooPark, France, April, 2022. Captive.

Panda Twins born in France
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Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) nectaring on a Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) flower in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Planting Hope
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Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.

Fascinating New Spring Stories
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Iceland Volcano Eruption 2021
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The Secret World of Wild Honey Bees
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Portrait of female rag doll cat , Chloe, relaxing on a couch whilst her owner, checks her phone. Brighton, Victoria, Australia. April 2020. Model released.

Reverse Zoonoses
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing, early morning in spring, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April.

Ross Hoddinott – Shooting Close To Home
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A European badger (Meles meles) in a cage trap before being vaccinated against TB. Gloucestershire, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controlling the spread of TB between badgers and cattle, and as a viable alternative to the controversial government-sanctioned cull of badgers.

Cull or Cure? The Badger Controversy
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Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Some of the babies are still curled up inside their egg membranes. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

A Seahorse Dad Gives Birth in the Ocean
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Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, wildlife rescuer and carer, working in her Melbourne inner-city apartment, with two orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) named Landon (6 months old) and Bronson (7 months old), sleeping in a home-made pouch.

My Lockdown Life With Three Baby Wombats
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Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.

Photographers during lockdown around the world
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Crab spider (Xysticus sp.) on balcony, Genova, Italy, May.

Photographers get creative in Lockdown
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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) dominant male (T29) and resident female (T27) cooling off in a watering hole Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Tigers of Kanha
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A vibrant Caribbean coral reef with two Reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) and Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

THE RACE IS ON TO SAVE CORAL REEFS
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) kits, Washington

Washington Foxes
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Rescued and orphaned Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in captivity, feeds on the pollen of a flowering native eucalyptus tree. Fly By Night Bat clinic, Olinda, Victoria, Australia.

The Night Gardeners
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Visitors taking selfie with smartphone while giant polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is swimming past, Zoo de la Fleche, France, September 2019

Eyecatchers – March 2020
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Pangolin scales for sale in a Chinese medicine store in Beijing, China.

Animal Trade in the time of Coronavirus
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Orphaned Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) climbs on to the boot of an anti-poaching guard while foraging during rehabilitation at the Rhino Revolution facility in South Africa.

Protecting Pangolins
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