The drought of 2008 killed millions of animals across East Africa. Extreme weather is beyond the reach of conservationists on the ground to fight, except through increased ground cover to protect the waterways, generate cloud cover, and restore the health of the soils.

This male buffalo died a long and painful death from an arrow dipped in battery acid, which was fired by settlers farming illegally in a conservation area. North Eastern Kenya.

Kenya Wildlife Service vets treat a male lion who was attacked by cattle herders with machetes for roaming close to their cows as they grazed illegally in the Masai Mara reserve, Kenya.

A baby lone Gibbon monkey looks longingly towards the jungle from his cage at a rescue centre in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. His mother was killed by illegal loggers, most likely for meat.