A stunning image of a maned wolf, an animal supported by the WildLife Foundation, taken at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, has won a prestigious photography award.
Paul Schofield captured the moment a maned wolf appeared from behind trees into a winter evening’s light at the park’s Atlantic Forest and it won him the Mammal Category of BIAZA’s annual photography competition.
His atmospheric entry, titled The Twilight Strand, shows one of the park’s family of maned wolves with its distinctive red fur and powerful gaze as it searches for food.
It was one of more than 400 entries across six categories featuring animals from BIAZA’s 133 member zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland and it will be featured in the charity’s 2025 calendar.
Presently there are only 23,660 maned wolves remaining in the wild, and they are listed as ‘Near Threatened’ on the IUCN red list.
This one-of-a-kind animal is threatened by hunting, disease, human activity, and habitat loss, with only 20% of their natural habitat remaining.
We previously worked with WildCare Institute to fund a project in Misiones, Argentina, creating a biological corridor to create a safe haven for Argentina-based Maned wolves.
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