The Iberian wolf is a subspecies of grey wolf and inhabits the forest and plains of northern Portugal and north-western Spain. The wolf is rare, with between 1000 and 2000 thought to exist in the wild. Iberian wolves have been persecuted and hunted by humans because they can attack farms and livestock when food becomes scarce.
This image of an Iberian wolf landed José Luis RodrÃguez the overall prize in the 2009 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition:
