14 Jan, 2010 @ 19:44
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Spanish wolf photo in fake storm

AN award-winning Spanish photo, which scooped first prize in the UK’s prestigious Veolia competition could be a fake.

Called Storybook Wolf, it is said to have broken rules by using a tame, rather than wild wolf.

Photographer Jose Luis Rodriguez gave the impression he had discovered a farmer who was willing to allow a wild wolf on his land and then left meat by the fence to tempt one of the elusive creatures onto his property.

“We are investigating this thoroughly.”

The rules of the competition state that images of captive animals must be declared and that judges will give preference to images taken in “free and wild conditions”.

Now London’s Natural History Museum is investigating claims that the wolf is actually one from a zoo near Madrid.

A spokesman said: “We are investigating this thoroughly.”

Rodriguez, who won the £10,000 first prize, strongly denies any wrongdoing or breach of the competition rules.

Suspicions were raised when experts said that a wild wolf would squeeze through the bars rather than jump over.

Rodriguez had told judges it took a long time to find the location, let alone a wolf that would jump over the gate.

If found to have manufactured the photo Rodriguez would be stripped of the prize.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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