Chained to a post in an open field, this wild wolf can never have felt more vulnerable.
Easy pickings: All this wild wolf can do is wait until the eagle swoops back in for the kill, its razor-sharp talons glistening in the sun
The helpless animal leaps from side to side, snapping at the giant bird in a vain bid to scare it off.
Desperate: The helpless animal leaps from side to side, snapping at the giant bird in a vain bid to scare it off
Celebration: It is the climax of Kyrgyzstan’s traditional hunting festival ‘Salburun’, in the village of Tyup some 370km from Bishkek near Issyk-Kul lake on May 1
No contest: This eagle is a well-honed killing machine, trained to slay its prey by the nomadic eagle hunters of Kyrgyzstan
The two-day festival draws the regions best hunting dogs, eagle and falcon hunters from all over the nation.