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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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Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) mother with pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) mother with pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) family with tender moment between mother and pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) family with tender moment between mother and pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) male with young cub, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) male with young cub, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) interaction between pups and older sibling, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) interaction between pups and older sibling, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing on resting mother, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing on resting mother, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) eating Giant mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) eating Giant mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) with freshly killed hare, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) with freshly killed hare, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) eating Grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) eating Grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Blick's grass rats (Arvicanthis blicki) by their hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Blick's grass rats (Arvicanthis blicki) by their hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) hunting rats, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) hunting rats, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) in white heather, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) in white heather, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) in white heather, afroalpine moorland, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) in white heather, afroalpine moorland, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) taking off, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) taking off, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) searching for food on the ground, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) searching for food on the ground, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) juvenile flying past the Ethiopian wolf den looking to collect scraps of food. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) juvenile flying past the Ethiopian wolf den looking to collect scraps of food. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Huge granite pillars at Rafu, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Huge granite pillars at Rafu, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011
Baby Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) at the mouth of their nest. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Baby Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) at the mouth of their nest. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) interaction between pup and older sibling, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) interaction between pup and older sibling, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups play fighting, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) pups play fighting, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) landing on boulder, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) landing on boulder, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) taking off, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) taking off, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Juvenile Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) killing Grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) killing Grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) juvenile, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) juvenile, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) pack socializing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) pack socializing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) making alarm call, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) making alarm call, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Granite pillars silhouetted at twilight, at Rafu, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Granite pillars silhouetted at twilight, at Rafu, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 2011