Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners. Poor Victoria was so ravaged by cancer that she had torn off her own ears by the time she was discovered wandering the streets by a passer-by distraught at her obvious plight. At first it was thought she had been mauled by a dog but on closer inspection by a vet it became clear the pain of the tumours had been so severe the little black and white cat had made a desperate bid to escape the agony. Victoria was found walking the streets of Newent, Gloucs., and handed over to charity workers at the New Start Cat Rescue Centre who took her in and paid for an operation on her ears. It is costing them thousands of pounds to rehabilitate her but volunteers there say the affectionate feline deserves a new chance at life..
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
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A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
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