Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) juvenile confiscated from poachers by national park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, Djomba, Virunga National Park,...

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) confiscated juvenile recovered by National Park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, with hand reaching out, Djomba, Vir...

Jabruson / 'Kith' / 'Kin' Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) captive animal in walled enclosure, Perth Zoo, Western Australia, August 2001.

Jabruson / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in cage, confiscated from poachers, housed in Epulu, Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Orientale Province, North-East, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.

Fiona Rogers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant in her arms, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant on her back, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' tending to her stillborn infant, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years head and shoulders portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant on her back, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years head and shoulders portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) head portrait, Australia

Laurie Campbell / Two caught Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Isle of Skye, Hebrides, Scotland, August

Doug Allan / Icefish (Chaenocephalus aceratus) Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Freeze Frame book plate page 92

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...

Anup Shah / Hippopotamus head portrait (Hippopotamus amphibius) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Florian Möllers / African Lions (Panthera leo) in a bare cage in Beijing Zoo, China, November.

Andrew Parkinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) adult female among breaking waves, Lincolnshire, UK

Lisa Hoffner / Orphan Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with blankets on their backs. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Elephant Nursery, Kenya, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Sargassum frogfish / anglerfish (Histrio histrio) in its floating Sargassum seaweed home, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

Mark Taylor / Chocolate Labrador puppy, 3 months, lying.

Mark Taylor / Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, 7 weeks.

Sergey Gorshkov / Migrating Salmon (Salmonidae) Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August

Orsolya Haarberg / Dying Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on the dark bottom of a deep gorge, Saefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, September 2010

Mark Taylor / Border Collie puppy.

Edwin Giesbers / Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) baby hanging from trees, and chewing on fingers, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Endangered

Alex Hyde / Panther Chameleon {Furcifer pardalis} climbing along branch on beach, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Petra Wegner / Small Munsterlander head portrait.

Petra Wegner / Dalmatian, head portrait, male aged 4 years.

Petra Wegner / Magyar Vizsla / Hungarian Pointer, head portrait of smooth coated, tan coloured male, sitting.

Sandesh Kadur / Boy proudly holding dying Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) that he has shot with a catapult, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, North East India. HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Earth Award - Wildlife Photogra...

Jeff Rotman / Close up of Goggle eye / Bigeye fish (Priacanthus hamrur) Red Sea, Egypt

Lynn M Stone / Portrait of German Shorthair Pointer in thicket of pink berries, Illinois, USA

Lynn M Stone / Portrait of male Boxer, light brindle coloured with natural ears, standing by lake shore, Illinois, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Head portrait of Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) covered in snow captive (born in 2000) Occurs China

Edwin Giesbers / Close up head portrait of Caracal (Caracal caracal) captive

Edwin Giesbers / Close up face portrait of male Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) Captive, Netherlands

Edwin Giesbers / Close up face portrait of male Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) Captive, Netherlands

Suzi Eszterhas / Rescued Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) within cage, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa. Captive, June 2009.

Gerrit Vyn / Subadult male Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in breeding plumage. Hidalgo County, Texas

Michael Hutchinson / Cururu / Roccoco toad (Bufo paracnemis), largest amphibian in Argentina, Esteros del Ibera, Argentina, November

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive at Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby, aged 5 months, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, Captive

Jane Burton / Jack Russell Terrier puppy

Jane Burton / Apricot Pug, 2 years old.

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