Wildlife photographer of the year stripped of his award

Judges say they are convinced José Luis Rodriguez staged prizewinning picture of wolfThe Natural History Museum's wildlife photographer of the year has been stripped of his ?10,000 prize, after judges found he was likely to have hired a tame Iberian wolf to stage the image of a species seen rarely in the wild.The judges of the award, which attracted more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries, said they were convinced José Luis Rodriguez hired the wolf called Ossian from a Madrid wildlife park, contradicting his claim the image was taken in the wild after months of patient tracking of the dwindling species. Continue reading...