Lion (Panthera leo), Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Raw whale meat, Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Chinese chef plucks newly slaughtered chicken to cook for restaurant customer at Bao Ding, near Chongqing, China

Fresh meat on sale in butcher shop in old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Hong Kong, China

Chinese chefs gut rabbit and pluck chicken to cook for restaurant customers at Bao Ding near Chongqing, China

Chinese chefs with customer choosing a chicken to cook in restaurant at Bao Ding near Chongqing, China

Samburu moran cutting head off goat, Samburuland, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Fresh pork being prepared at street market in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tibetans preparing yak meat, Qinghai, China, Asia

Muslim killing sheep, eastern Qinghai, China, Asia

Seal meat being butchered by an Inuit man in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

Tuvaluan men slaughter a pig for a funeral feast on Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific

Seal meat being butchered by an Inuit man in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

Seal meat being butchered by an Inuit man in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

An Inuit shop selling seal and whale meat in Ilulissat on Greenland, Polar Regions

Paul Harrison butchering at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A red deer killed by stalkers and hung on the Reay Forest Estate beneath Arkle, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A local venison butcher and a chef at Kendal College explain to catering students how to butcher and cook venison, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paul Harrison butchering at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pig being tied up for home butchering, Eckental, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Priest with big sword sacrificing water buffalo, Hindu festival Dashain, Gorakhnath temple, Gorkha, Gorkha District, Nepal, Asia

Skinning of a hunted seal. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

A Khanty child as adults butcher a reindeer, northwestern Siberia