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..
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
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A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .