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 .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .