Comedy Wildlife Awards 2019: These photos will leave you in splits

The 2019 edition of the Comedy Wildlife Photography recently released its list of winners. A photograph clicked in the wilderness of Botswana was awarded the overall winner of the Comedy Wildlife Awards. The picture titled "Grab by the ...." had an awkwardly-timed photo of a lion's cub and was clicked by Sarah Skinner. According to reports, Sarah said that she was happy to know that her picture will be a source of laughter and happiness in different parts of the world.

These pictures will leave you in splits

Vlado Pirsa's picture titled "Family disagreement" a picture of colorful birds perched on a branch in Croatia won the award in the 'Creatures in the air' category whereas Olympus Creatures Under The Water Award was given to Harry Walker's picture titled "Oh My". Walker's picture also won the People's choice award.

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'Contest was started with an aim to spread awareness'

The Comedy Wildlife Photography contest is the brainchild of Tanzania-based wildlife photographers Toma Sullam and Paul Joynson who both started the contest in 2014. The sole aim behind the competition was to approach the topic of wildlife conservation in a unique way by mixing humor with helping wildlife.

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Tom Sullam who is also the co-founder of the awards, told Guinness World Records that the competition was born out of a desire in order to show that the animals living in the wild can be funny, can entertain human beings and make everyone realize that humans share the planet with these animals. 

He further added that photography was thought to be a way to promote wildlife conservation and act as a mechanism to build positive bonds. He also said that this year's competition attracted approximately 4,000 entries from 68 different countries.
They work in collaboration with the Born Free Foundation in order to encourage conservation through the means of competition by raising awareness about the endangered wildlife species.

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(With inputs from agencies)