Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl. Born Zachariah, the psychology student hated wearing boys’ clothes and longed to wear frilly dresses and makeup. She even became the captain of her school’s netball team. After leaving school at 16, Ashlee knew she couldn’t live as a boy anymore, and with the support of her parents Elizabeth, 50, and Elwyn, 65, began to live as a girl. But her GP was less supportive, and when Ashlee asked to go on hormone therapy to complete her transformation, he turned her down for being too young
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
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 .