Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
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 .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .