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A whaling ship with its sails down in Spitzbergen, surrounded by several whales lying dead in the sea. Original Artwork: Catchpole Collection. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1905










The banks of a river in British Columbia covered with dying salmon culled from the waters by fishermen. (Photo by A Bayley-Worthington/Getty Images). 1890














George V (1865–1936) with the day's bag of three tigers, after a hunt during the Durbar celebrations. The hunters are mounted on elephants. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1911






Dead pheasants being counted after a shoot at Laverstoke, Hampshire. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 7th November 1911






A hunter clambers over a stone wall in a forest, dragging the carcass of a dead deer behind him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1890






A hunter standing over a dead rhinoceros. (Photo by A Bayley-Worthington/Getty Images). 1895






A member of the German South Pole Expedition (1901–1903) killing a seal. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1902






A landowner with a shot stag. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1905






A hunting party posing by the Northern Pacific Railway Worcester Excursion Car at Crystal Springs. Their quarry hangs on the back of the carriage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1890






Members of a shooting party with their haul of pheasants after a shoot at Walcot Park, Lyndbury, in north Shropshire. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). December 1910






Beaters carrying the day's bag of pheasants after the Hon Sir Ailwyn Fellowes' shoot. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). 1st December 1910






Men killing captured cattle at Modder River. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images). Circa 1899






During the British Nares Expedition to the Antarctic, one of the crew spears a large walrus. Behind him, clothing hangs from the rigging of the ship and a rope ladder dangles from the prow. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). 1876






Beaters collecting the birds after the Hon. Sir Courtney's pheasant shoot. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). November 1910






Keepers load the day's kill onto ponies after Charles Hunter's grouse shoot on the Wemmengill Moors. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). August 1912






The Devon and Somerset staghounds surround the body of a stag. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 6th August 1900






A poulterer and fishmonger stands proudly in front of his shop. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1910
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