Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, a specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from th...
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Doug Gimesy / Wallaroo (Macropus robustus), orphaned male joey aged 4-5 months bottle fed by wildlife rescuer and carer in kitchen. Joey was thrown out of pouch in road traffic accident, mum fatally injured. Somers...
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Shane Gross / A Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), heavily scarred, possibly from shark attacks, on sand bank off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Shane Gross / Two Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) one with a fishing hook and line and one with a broken jaw from catch and release shark fishing. The Bahamas.
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John Chan / Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) with a broken wing, attempting to take off, Southern California, USA, April.
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John Chan / Western gulls (Larus occidentalis) attacking an Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) with a broken wing, Southern California, USA, April.
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Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully attempting to jump across it. This muntjac was unable to get out of the creek himself, and was later rescued by the p...
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Jeff Foott / Jaguar (Panthera onca) male, hunting Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). The capybara jumping away has cut the nose of the Jaguar with its toenail. Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park...
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) on nest, with fish hook in throat, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos.
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Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female breaching together with her male calf. The calf had a large wound on his left peduncle area, one that appeared to be the result of a large bite, Vava'u,...
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf 'Tahafa' male with injured pectoral fin and scarred body, with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean.
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Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male with scars photographed with side-lit spot light at night. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, April.
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Jabruson Motion / Juvenile Eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) with a missing hand, rolling forward to join another, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Eric Baccega / Young man from the Bodi Tribe having new scars made on his chest with razor blade, to make decorative skin scarifications. Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.
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Mark Taylor / Red toy poodle looking up at camera an sticking out tongue.
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Jabruson Motion / Dr Ken Cameron monitoring 'Ngobo', a darted blackback Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), anaesthetized to remove a wire snare from its wrist, Mongambe, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefec...
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Jabruson Motion / Female African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at a mineral dig with a baby with an injured leg, chasing other adolescent elephants away, Dzanga Bai, Daznga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Pre...
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Jabruson Motion / Baby African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) with an injured leg following an adult female, Dzanga Bai, Daznga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic.
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Jabruson Motion / Baby African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) with an injured leg at a mineral hole, pushed away by an adult female, Dzanga Bai, Daznga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central Afric...
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Jabruson Motion / Female African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) with a baby with an injured leg, Dzanga Bai, Daznga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic.
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David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) illegally shot, at vets, BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013
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Jurgen Freund,Jurgen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia
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Jurgen Freund,Jurgen Freund / CT scan of injured Green turtle 'Angie' (Chelonia mydas) from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Cairns Diagnostic Imaging. Queensland, Australia
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Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012
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XI ZHINONG / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) chasing a wounded tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.
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XI ZHINONG / Grey Wolves (Canis lupus) hunting a wounded Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.
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Carol Walker / Lusitano horse, bull fighter mounted on grey stallion, in this type of bull fighting neither horse nor bull are injured, Portugal, May 2011, model released
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Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, tricolour, getting teeth brushed with oral cleaner, model released
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Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...
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Alex Mustard / Male Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) showing scars from hunting, Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
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Bence Mate / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) in aggressive encounter with a Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma), Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica
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Tim Laman / Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus), one with fishing wire caught round its neck. Monterey Bay, California.
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Laurent Geslin / Young Benna woman looking after cattle and showing the scars on her back, these are inflicted on teenage girls by their brothers and are considered a mark of beauty and bravery, the girls provoke thei...
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Laurent Geslin / Young Benna woman looking after cattle and showing the scars on her back, these are inflicted on teenage girls by their brothers and are considered a mark of beauty and bravery, the girls provoke thei...
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Doug Perrine / Great white shark {Carcharodon carcharias} just below surface, Gansbaai, South Africa
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Anup Shah / Topi with only one horn {Damaliscus lunatus korrigum} Masai Mara reserve, Kenya
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Doug Allan / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} wounded in attack by Leopard seal, Antarctica
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Sue Flood / Beluga whales caught in ice hole wounded from Polar bear attack. Canadian high arctic. June 1999
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Pete Oxford / King Penguin {Aptenodytes patagoni} wounded and covered in blood from Leopard seal attack. Southern Georgia.
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Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fatally injured in collision with ship and subsequently found by research vessel, Santa Barbara Channel, California
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D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) female swimming in water with courtship bite mark on tail, eastern Australia
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Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female showing finger lost to poacher's trap, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Fred Bavendam / Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) colony with an extensive bleached area at its center, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Fred Bavendam / West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) named Sadie has propeller cuts on the tail, but her calf remains intact, every year boats kill dozens of manatees, Kings Bay, Crystal River, Florida
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Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) female attacking wounded Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania