Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winner Loren Elliott Captures San Francisco Coyotes
Loren Elliott's award-winning series, Wily Coyotes of San Francisco, showcases around 100 urban-adapted coyotes living among more than 800,000 residents, earning the Wildlife Photographer of the Year accolade. The work reveals varying public sentiments towards these animals. In Dongguan, southern China, a leopard cat named Xiaosonguo was freed after rehabilitation. Notable images feature an American barn owl in Manhattan, a red deer stag in Richmond Park, London, and a western grey squirrel in Oregon. In Sri Lanka, wild elephants are breaking through electric fences due to a decline in forest cover from 70% to 34%. Approximately 77–89 eastern black crested gibbons remain along the Vietnam-China border. Additional highlights include the release of a green sea turtle in Bali and an orangutan in West Kalimantan.
Key facts
- Loren Elliott won a Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for Wily Coyotes of San Francisco.
- About 100 coyotes live in San Francisco alongside more than 800,000 humans.
- A leopard cat named Xiaosonguo was released in Dongguan, southern China, after rehabilitation at the Qingyuan Chimelong wildlife rescue centre.
- Sri Lanka's forest cover has fallen from roughly 70% in the 1920s to about 34% today, with most of its 7,500 wild elephants outside protected areas.
- Approximately 77–89 eastern black crested gibbons remain on the Vietnam-China border.
- Marine police released a green sea turtle in Serangan, Bali, one of 20 seized from poachers.
- Thirteen freshwater turtles are being returned to the Gingham water hole in New South Wales, Australia, with 24 more to follow.
- Gentoo penguins were photographed on Pebble Island in the Falklands, home to five other penguin species and over 40 bird types.
Entities
Artists
- Loren Elliott
- David Dee Delgado
- Brook Mitchell
- Robin Loznak
- Andrew Fusek-Peters
- Thilina Kaluthotage
- Luong Van Chuyen
- Hüseyin Demirci
- Made Nagi
- Muffidz Ma’sum
- Michael Probst
- Meric Aktar
- Istvan Derencsenyi
- Dogan Evsan
- Anuwar Hazarika
- Richard Ellis
- Sean Smith
Institutions
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year
- Qingyuan Chimelong wildlife rescue centre
- Fauna & Flora
- Yiari
- NSW Government
- The Guardian
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- Dongguan
- China
- Manhattan
- New York
- Richmond Park
- London
- United Kingdom
- Umpqua River
- Oregon
- Ambanpola
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
- Turkey
- Serangan
- Bali
- Indonesia
- West Kalimantan
- Gingham water hole
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Travemünde
- Germany
- Syria
- Balmazújváros
- Hungary
- Diyarbakır
- Assam
- India
- Isle of Palms
- South Carolina
- Pebble Island
- Falklands