PICTURE GALLERY: Vote for your favourite animal photo taken by children

Fourteen animal snaps taken by youngsters aged from ten to 18, including one from Rotherham, have been shortlisted for the RSPCA’s ‘People’s Choice’ online photo competition and voting is now open.

Fifteen-year-old Millie Travis is among those on the shortlist with her doggy image entitled ‘To infinity and beyond’. Others include a cat asking for a hug, a collie at sunset and a gaggle of geese walking along a road. Visit www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/V9PF6L9 to vote.

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