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Image rights & provenance

Source, authorship, licence and processing records for images used across the BHOC Veterinary and BHOC Species & Biodiversity Protection Initiative websites.

Individual photo credits are kept off the main BHOC Veterinary and Initiative compositions. This separate register preserves the source, creator, licence, verification date, processing history and reason for every displayed image.

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Photographs

African forest elephant family at a forest water source

African elephant, Dzanga Sangha, Central African Republic

Creator
Daphne Carlson Bremer / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies a CC BY 2.0 licence and separately notes U.S. federal-work public-domain status.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero
Why selected
Primary wildlife image representing threatened-species protection and the Initiative's global scope.
Processing
Resized, square-cropped and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The underlying photograph remains subject to its source terms. Appropriate credit, licence link and the modification notice are supplied in this register.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/challenge-african-elephant-usfws.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 11320d77f7b04c46878fa554667ab1dc15f13c803da0571d31405efce757c6bf

Close portrait of a snow leopard

Snow Leopard Closeup

Creator
Eric Kilby
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies the creator and confirms the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero · Endangered Species focus card
Why selected
Represents threatened wildlife and endangered-species conservation.
Processing
Resized, cropped to the displayed aspect ratios and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The processed photograph is redistributed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The licence does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-philanthropy-photo.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 6f32bd69e64583c36f4efb1da481ac671736af566ba4f8d4e33646454a08e954

Black rhinoceros in a conservation setting

Black Rhino at Working with Wildlife

Creator
AfricanConservation / Working with Wildlife
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies AfricanConservation as author, records verified permission and states CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero
Why selected
Represents field conservation and veterinary collaboration for critically threatened megafauna.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The processed photograph is redistributed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The licence does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-veterinary-photo.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 791c7770b2ba127c6b21cca06865c083c092f63364c807f6cdd3651df08bd111

Giant panda Tai Shan eating bamboo

Giant Panda Tai Shan

Creator
Fernando Revilla
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies Fernando Revilla as author and states the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic licence.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero
Why selected
Represents ex-situ conservation and the role of zoological institutions.
Processing
Resized and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; the source itself records an earlier crop on Wikimedia Commons.
Reuse boundary
The processed photograph is redistributed under CC BY-SA 2.5. The licence does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-zoo-photo.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 9d4d7f0e9b725cc3aa1b0ba6aa68479d8dda4ad4f151279c91bc81e4bea24153

Sumatran tiger walking through a green habitat

Sumatran Tiger

Creator
Joe Milmoe / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Original date
Unknown
Source status
The Commons record identifies a U.S. federal government work and marks the file free of known copyright restrictions.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero · Conservation mission
Why selected
Represents endangered-species conservation and anchors the mission panel.
Processing
Resized, square-cropped and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
Public-domain status applies to the underlying photograph, not to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/challenge-sumatran-tiger-usfws.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 082899f5dc0741b0645917b4f86f12c7cba76035001101d13fe235a2899b1199

Hawksbill sea turtle above a coral reef

FGBNMS – Hawksbill Turtle

Creator
GP Schmahl / NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies NOAA material created as part of official duties and confirms Public Domain Mark status.
Verified
Used in
Initiative hero · Field & Remote Medicine focus card
Why selected
Represents marine biodiversity, threatened species and remote veterinary care.
Processing
Resized, cropped to the displayed aspect ratios and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
Public-domain status applies to the underlying photograph, not to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/challenge-hawksbill-turtle-noaa.webpIntroduced SHA-256: f2327f1a1b9df243c804a90a935e31e1743deab92d94261fe8cd589a2a4917b0
  • assets/initiative/focus-science-photo.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 2099ceeca81ae1eac6448a7c843d0be4fbbac18690e1abd73e48b1f8cef23147

Orphaned African elephant calves during rescue and rehabilitation

Baby elephants at David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Creator
Andrea Hanks / The White House
Original date
Source status
The Commons record identifies an official White House photograph and confirms Public Domain Mark status.
Verified
Used in
Wildlife Rescue focus card
Why selected
Represents emergency rescue, rehabilitation and veterinary support for wildlife.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted from JPEG to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
Public-domain status applies to the underlying photograph, not to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-wildlife-rescue-photo.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 1a8f1b8d881a0be2cb3ee7197312bf5558b1bebf50ed3866906179af1ab826b4

Giraffe representing zoo and conservation-centre collaboration

Giraffe in an African savanna

Creator
Public-domain source via Rawpixel / free-images.com
Original date
Not stated
Source status
Rawpixel labels the image Public Domain and free for personal and business use, with a CC0 licence link.
Verified
Used in
Zoos & Conservation Centers focus card
Why selected
Represents conservation-centre and zoological-institution collaboration.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The source identifies the underlying photograph as public domain / CC0. That status does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-giraffe-public-domain.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 322a9400e5ef328a6b1645678c3793ce1b299a4447d25386c9e95c54a40effb2

Keel-billed toucan representing comparative biology

Toucan bird, animal photography

Creator
Public-domain source via Rawpixel / free-images.com
Original date
Not stated
Source status
Rawpixel labels the image Public Domain and free for personal and business use, with a CC0 licence link.
Verified
Used in
Comparative Biology focus card
Why selected
Represents cross-species comparative biology beyond mammalian examples.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The source identifies the underlying photograph as public domain / CC0. That status does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-toucan-public-domain.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 67bcf0355927906359c453ea8f54d96b617e6d088fa33019f13e1e93876d74e8

Open scientific book representing evidence and research

Open book

Creator
Public-domain source via Rawpixel / PxHere
Original date
Not stated
Source status
Rawpixel labels the image Public Domain and free for personal and business use, with a CC0 licence link.
Verified
Used in
Evidence & Research focus card
Why selected
Represents source-linked evidence, literature and veterinary research.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The source identifies the underlying photograph as public domain / CC0. That status does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-open-book-public-domain.webpIntroduced SHA-256: cce96006c3a7423534d83671a432b5bc4573c5e1f657064b084c3aae070485c9

Protected landscape representing philanthropy and conservation partnerships

Mountain lake landscape

Creator
Public-domain source via Rawpixel / free-images.com
Original date
Not stated
Source status
Rawpixel labels the image Public Domain and free for personal and business use, with a CC0 licence link.
Verified
Used in
Philanthropy & Partnerships focus card
Why selected
Represents protected habitats and the scale of conservation partnerships.
Processing
Resized, cropped to a 4:3 display frame and converted to WebP for responsive web delivery; no generative or subject-altering edit is documented.
Reuse boundary
The source identifies the underlying photograph as public domain / CC0. That status does not extend to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/focus-mountain-landscape-public-domain.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 0086e82f8523218cfd5855fa9b1de9707bda3a09e1c01d670fbfd7adc3a80517

Gray wolf representing cross-species veterinary science

Gray wolf

Creator
Gary Kramer / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Original date
Source status
The USFWS records and Wikimedia Commons identify Gary Kramer/USFWS and label the photograph Public Domain as a U.S. federal government work.
Verified
Used in
Initiative Science Bridge · BHOC Veterinary homepage Science Bridge
Why selected
Connects oxygen-delivery science with wildlife and cross-species veterinary care.
Processing
The Initiative copy was resized, cropped to a 4:3 frame and converted to WebP. On the homepage composite, the visible credit strip was moved off the artwork and into this legal register at the owner's request. A tightly bounded 691 × 52 pixel area at the lower edge was reconstructed; every pixel outside that area is unchanged, and the wolf itself was not altered.
Reuse boundary
Public-domain status applies to the underlying photograph, not to surrounding BHOC content or design.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/science-gray-wolf-usfws.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 09777a6c3af9c3f53cf1d2eb8165f419accfceea7de5257eb15a04123d82ec5b
  • assets/science-bridge-reference.pngIntroduced SHA-256: 8c668d5466acd5faf75abd27d3b95a002e65cd85d91114570203f0b71aa7a361

BHOC-controlled materials

Project assets

BHOC project asset

BHOC versus RBC size comparison

Provided by
Archil Jaliashvili, BHOC project lead
Provided
Rights status
Project-supplied scientific concept visual; not offered under an open third-party licence.
Why selected
Explains the relative scale of a red blood cell and the BHOC concept in the Science Bridge.
Processing
Optimized and converted to WebP without changing the supplied composition.
Local file verification
  • assets/initiative/bhoc-vs-rbc-400x-comparison.webpIntroduced SHA-256: c985e53d4f89c88e6bcadda08efd709658006dff435eb7ef11fc4eb05efbf44a

BHOC project asset

BHOC Veterinary homepage Science Bridge composite

Provided by
Archil Jaliashvili, BHOC project lead
Provided
Rights status
Project-supplied composition; not offered under an open third-party licence. The embedded gray-wolf photograph is separately recorded under gray-wolf as a public-domain U.S. federal government work.
Why selected
Connects the BHOC oxygen-delivery concept with wildlife and the relative scale of a red blood cell and BHOC molecule.
Processing
The original supplied PNG had SHA-256 9b84fd62a0e7a5d9b4a8acdab301325afbef09b7401d6b99f0cb4c03e6ee7f23. At the owner's request, only its baked-in wolf credit strip was removed from the visible composition and the complete credit was retained under gray-wolf in this register. The edit was confined to a 691 × 52 pixel area along the lower edge; every pixel outside that area is unchanged. The result continues to be cropped responsively into separate wolf and comparison panels.
Local file verification
  • assets/science-bridge-reference.pngIntroduced SHA-256: 8c668d5466acd5faf75abd27d3b95a002e65cd85d91114570203f0b71aa7a361

BHOC project asset

BHOC Species & Biodiversity Protection Initiative mark

Provided by
Archil Jaliashvili, BHOC project lead
Provided
Rights status
Canonical project brand asset; all rights reserved; not offered under an open third-party licence.
Why selected
Provides the approved visual identity of the Initiative in the header, evidence statistics heading, footer, favicon and structured data.
Processing
Stored as the approved WebP asset; no visual redesign is documented in this publication.
Local file verification
  • assets/reference-initiative-mark.webpIntroduced SHA-256: 80f9a9f0737bfe921bd5610541bd00847cead8d3b12698340c41be2758b6f325

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