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Mongolian stallion featured among Animal photos of 2016
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ British national ‘The Daily Telegraph’ named Mongolian photographer’s work as one of the Best animal photos of the year 2016.
Alongside 26 other photographs including of rare moments of animals such as polar bear, panda cubs, giraffe and kangaroos, photograph of a Mongolian stallion captured by Batzaya Choijiljav has been included in the list. “Ellie Gelding: A horse has been spotted sporting a stunning blonde mane that looks like it could be a wig”, the Daily Telegraph captioned the photograph.
The said photograph of the Mongolian ‘blonde’ stallion was previously chosen as the Daily Telegraph’s Photo of the Day stimulating a public discussion in which people considered the horse to have a certain level of resemblance with British pop singer Ellie Goulding which explains the nickname given to the Mongolian tawny stallion.
“The Daily Telegraph has highlighted my photograph of a tawny stallion which I clicked in Khentii province. I have seen others’ photographs being posted, but never imagined that my work would be there too. It feels great”, the photographer had posted on social media following the Photo of the Day choice. Professional in tourism, Batzaya is an Executive Director of a Mongolian tour operator ‘Ayan Travel’ LLC. “Photography is my hobby”, he said in an interview to Mongolian media.
The famous tawny stallion is owned by Mongolian herder O.Tumurbaatar who lives in Batnorov Soum of Khentii province.
