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Biplab Hazra has been awarded the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017. His stunning yet disturbing image of an elephant and her calf trying to flee from mob in West Bengal's Bankura has won him the prestigious Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards.
This year, the competition drew over 5,000 entries from across Asia, beating all previous records.
The panel of judges including Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Asia; Steve Winter, National Geographic conservation photographer; Ganesh H Shanker, fine-art nature photographer; Kalyan Varma, conservation photographer and filmmaker; Dr Anish Andheria, conservation photographer and President, Wildlife Conservation Trust; Nayan Khanolkar, educationist, naturalist and wildlife photographer; Dr Parvish Pandya, Head, Science, Natural History and Photography, Sanctuary Asia and Lakshmy Raman, Executive Editor, Sanctuary Asia shared that they had a tough time choosing winners in several categories.