Baboons have been issued with ASBOs after breaking into car rooftop luggage boxes at a drive-through safari park. A number of families visiting Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside have had to watch helplessly as the cheeky monkeys disappear up the trees with their clothes.

The Anti-Social Baboon Orders (ASBO) had to be issued at the height of the holiday season and guests were advised to avoid the baboon enclosure. Park general manager David Ross said:

“Their technique involves the largest baboons jumping up and down on the box, flexing it until the lock bursts open, when the rest of the baboons pile in to see what they can find. “Let’s face it; nobody wants to see a baboon running up a tree with their underwear. There are currently more than 140 baboons at Knowsley Safari Park and visitor surveys consistently show them to be the attraction’s most popular exhibit.

Best pals: the blind dog and the guide dog

It’s not unusual for visually-impaired humans to rely on a guide dog - but now a shelter in Norfolk has found a blind border collie with his own inseparable canine companion. Best friends Bonnie and Clyde were brought to the animal shelter in Norfolk after they were found wandering the streets in a rain storm.

When the pair are together Clyde, five, seems as capable as a fully sighted dog - but he won’t move unless Bonnie, two, is close. Bonnie guides him on walks or towards food and lets him rest on her when he becomes disorientated. Cherie Cootes, who runs the Meadown Green Dog Rescue Centre in Loddon, Norfolk, said: “He totally relies on her the whole time. When she walks she tends to stop and make sure he’s there - she looks out for him.” Vicky Bell, a spokeswoman for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, said she had never heard of a dog voluntarily acting as a guide for another dog.

Cat shows dog who is boss

It is a dog’s life for this canine as a cat stops him from getting inside his own house.

The cat rules the roost in this web video as it keeps stopping its furry friend from getting through the door.

Maybe it was upset that the dog was trying to use a cat flap.

A man has had to be rescued by fire-fighters after getting stuck in a drain trying to fish out some keys. Graham Todd, 32 years old and 6ft tall, took off the cover of the foot-wide man hole and dove in feet first when his best friend’s girlfriend dropped her keys into the sewer outside her home in Blackley, Manchester.

However, after a few minutes of digging around in the mud, he realised he could not find the keys and had got stuck. Friends and neighbours tried to get him out but soon gave up and called the fire brigade.

Mr Todd was eventually hoisted out and hosed off in the street by fire-fighters. Commander Mike Bloomfield, of Blackley fire station, said: “When we got there all we could see was the top of his head, poking out of a hole in the road. It was quite comical.” A fire service spokesman added: “We would urge people to think about the consequences of placing themselves in dangerous positions to retrieve items.”