CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .

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 .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .