An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

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 .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .

PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .