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title: "Sri Lankans shine at ‘Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photography Awards 2024’"
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date: 2024-12-16
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# Sri Lankans shine at ‘Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photography Awards 2024’

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Three Sri Lankan photographers made headlines with their remarkable captures at the prestigious ‘Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photography Awards 2024’, showcasing the beauty and challenges of wildlife through their lenses.  

**Tharindu Dilshan Sendanayake Wins First Prize**

Sri Lanka’s Tharindu Dilshan Sendanayake claimed the coveted first prize with his breathtaking photograph titled ‘Primal Fury’, taken at Yala National Park. The image vividly captures a dramatic life-or-death struggle between a dominant Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) and a wild pig (Sus scrofa affinis), creating a masterpiece reminiscent of a Renaissance painting. The intense scene unfolds as the leopard, startled mid-mating, defends itself against the charging wild pig. 

This extraordinary depiction of the wild earned Tharindu a grand prize of INR 150,000.

-Ada Derena