It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

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 .

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .