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'A snow leopard at sunset, posed against the mountains of Ladakh in northern
India, has been voted as the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year
People's Choice Award.
Snapped by Sascha Fonseca, the image was selected from a shortlist of 25 images
chosen by the Natural History Museum from nearly 39,000 photographs submitted
for the fifty-eighth competition.
A record 60,466 nature photography fans voted, with German photographer Mr
Fonseca's World of the snow leopard emerging as the favourite.
"Photography can connect people to wildlife and encourage them to appreciate
the beauty of the unseen natural world," Mr Fonseca said.
"I believe that a greater understanding of wildlife leads to deeper caring
which hopefully results in active support and greater public interest for
conservation."
The image was captured during a three-year bait-free camera trap project in the
Indian Himalayas.
Known as the "ghost of the mountains", this species is incredibly challenging
to photograph due to their camouflage, as well as their scarce numbers in
remote and rugged habitats.
With an estimate of only 6,500 adults living in the wild, these big cats face
the threats of poaching, habitat loss and human-animal conflict.
The winning image will be displayed in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year
exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London until it closes in July this
year.'
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