A dead tiger at the feet of Lord Reading, Viceroy of India, with the Maharaja of Gwalior, and beaters after a tiger shoot in Gwalior State. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1923

Beaters counting the kill after a day's shoot at Stonor Park, Henely-on-Thames. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). 19th November 1911

The kill of rabbit, hare and pheasant on Mr Russell Colman's pheasant shoot on display on railings on the estate. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). December 1910

Beaters collecting the kill on Sir Saville Crossley's partridge shoot. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). Circa 1912

King George V with the day's kills on a tiger hunt, during his Indian Durbar Tour. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1912

The bag after a good day's grouse shooting at Studley Royal. (Photo by Phillips/Getty Images). August 1911

Hunters with a Baleine Whale at the Great Whaling Station, Christiana. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1900

A hunter with his catch of rabbits and birds. William Grundy's English Views (Photo by William Grundy/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). Circa 1857

Two men leaning on a style examining their day's catch. William Grundy's English Views (Photo by William Grundy/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). Circa 1857

Inuits clubbing seals to death at the killing ground on St Paul Island in Alaska. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1890

A hunter with a rhinoceros he has killed. (Photo by A. Bayley-Worthington/Todd/Getty Images). Circa 1890

Hunters with a dead lion they have killed. (Photo by A. Bayley-Worthington/Todd/Getty Images). Circa 1890

Men slicing blubber off a large, dead whale. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1912

A hunter has his foot on a dead rhino in a big game hunt in East Africa. (Photo by A. Bayley-Worthington/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1895

The head keeper at Warton Priory, standing in front of a large kill of pheasants. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images). December 1910

Dead tigers from the “King Emperor's Indian Coronation Durbar” of 1911–1912. The King referred to is George V of Great Britain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1911

Wilhelm II (1859–1941) the third German emperor from 1888–1918 and the ninth King of Prussia. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1905

An Inuit stands next to the carcass of a polar bear on Wrangle Island, 120 miles off the coast of Siberia, November 1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Two Inuit hunters in Canada strip the meat from a pair of reindeer carcasses, March 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sharks on show at Olympia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). September 1922

A game and poultry seller in Leadenhall Market, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1909