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Old 21st of October 2009 (Wed)   #1
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Default Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009
A picture of a hunting wolf has won the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award.



Read the complete BBC article, plus more photos here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8318226.stm
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Old 22nd of October 2009 (Thu)   #2
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Cool.
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Old 22nd of October 2009 (Thu)   #3
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Excellent capture.
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Great photo, and it shows the gate does nothing to keep marauding wolves out!
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Wonder how they got that shot?? Motion activated?
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Terrific shot.
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On a similar note, the photographer can't seem to win the carpentry contests he enters each year.
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Can't wait to see this at the Natural History Museum Apparently the display is bigger than ever this year.
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Is this the same Comp that was won previously by the Snow Leopard shot?

Pretty dramatic image but I guess there's a ton of camera traps being used out there.
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Is this the same Comp that was won previously by the Snow Leopard shot?

Pretty dramatic image but I guess there's a ton of camera traps being used out there.
It is, it seems remote traps are the way to win awards.
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It is, it seems remote traps are the way to win awards.
I've been accused of sleeping through some great images but I guess this proves you can actually do it...
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...might as well go to a local park and shoot a duck and call it a migrating bird.
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...might as well go to a local park and shoot a duck and call it a migrating bird.
If you can get it leaping over the park gates you're a shoe-in for the 2010 prize.
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If you can get it leaping over the park gates you're a shoe-in for the 2010 prize.
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Is this the same Comp that was won previously by the Snow Leopard shot?

Pretty dramatic image but I guess there's a ton of camera traps being used out there.
I don`t think so.
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