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In the remote highlands of Ethiopia lives the rarest canid on Earth: the Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis). Today, less than 450 of these elegant animals survive. Listed as Endangered by the IUCN on account of its small numbers, fragmented range and the risk of disease transmission from domestic dogs.

NPL photographer Will Burrard-Lucas travelled to the Bale Mountains, home to the largest remaining wolf population, with the aim of photographing the wolves and documenting the work of Oxford University's Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP), which seeks to protect wolves through vaccination and community outreach programs.


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Four by four stuck in muddy bog, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Four by four stuck in muddy bog, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
Hut in amongst the granite formations of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Hut in amongst the granite formations of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas with towering granite formations of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas with towering granite formations of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
Giant Lobelias (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) Afroalpine Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2012.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Giant Lobelias (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) Afroalpine Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2012.
Photographer's tent under the stars and granite cliffs of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Photographer's tent under the stars and granite cliffs of Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
Ethiopian children, Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian children, Rafu. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011.
Domestic dogs near hut, domestic dogs can transmit rabies and other diseases to Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Domestic dogs near hut, domestic dogs can transmit rabies and other diseases to Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Blick's grass rats (Arvicanthis blicki) babies, habituated to the photographer investigating hand, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Blick's grass rats (Arvicanthis blicki) babies, habituated to the photographer investigating hand, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Olive baboon (Papio anubis) Harenna Forest. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) Harenna Forest. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
The high-altitude moorland of the Sanetti Plateau, with Giant lobelias (Lobelia rhyncopetalum) Ethiopian Highlands, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / The high-altitude moorland of the Sanetti Plateau, with Giant lobelias (Lobelia rhyncopetalum) Ethiopian Highlands, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
EWCP (Ethiopian wolf conservation programme) camp in the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / EWCP (Ethiopian wolf conservation programme) camp in the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November 2011.
Landscape of Sanetti Plateau with Giant Lobelias (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Landscape of Sanetti Plateau with Giant Lobelias (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.