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Saturday, November 16, 2019

Cat prevents baby from tumbling down stairs

Source Website: https://www.asiaone.com/world/disaster-averted-cat-prevents-baby-tumbling-down-stairs
By Lam Min Lee, lamminlee@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, 06 November 2019


One kitty in Columbia took its duty seriously, and prevented its young charge from getting injured on Oct 31.
PHOTO: One kitty in Columbia took its duty seriously, and prevented its young charge from getting injured on Oct 31.
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Dogs may be man's best friend, but hey, cats are not too shabby either.

For people who have grown up with family pets, their furry friends may have acted as stand-in babysitters on occasion.

One such kitty in Columbia took its duty seriously, and prevented its young charge from getting injured on Oct 31.

In a video clip that has gone viral on Facebook, a toddler in a red onesie can be seen crawling on the floor of a living room while a cat watched on as it lounged on a sofa.

The inquisitive tot then started to wander around and made her way towards a door that led down a flight of stairs.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster?



Video posted by Mauricio Tunjano
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Mere moments before the baby could crawl out the door (and presumably tumble down the stairs), the cat dashed to her rescue.

In a flash, it pounced on the toddler's back and started to wrestle the baby off-course.

The feline continued to guard the doorway until the child turned around and crawled back to safety.


The feline continued to guard the doorway until the child turned around and crawled back to safety.
PHOTO: The feline continued to guard the doorway until the child turned around and crawled back to safety.
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It is unknown if the curious baby had escaped from her playpen, or if she was left to wander on the floor of the living room.

While the cat saved its human family from danger this time, young children should not be left alone at home.

There has been a string of tragedies where kids have fallen to their deaths from open windows after they were unable to find their family members at home.

Parents, be warned.


While the cat saved its human family from danger this time, young children should not be left alone at home. Parents, be warned.
PHOTO: Dogs may be man's best friend, but hey, cats are not too shabby either.

"The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel." (Proverbs 12:10).
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By Lam Min Lee, lamminlee@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, 06 November 2019



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[1] Lam Min Lee, lamminlee@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, Disaster averted: Cat prevents baby from tumbling down stairs, posted on 06 November 2019, https://www.asiaone.com/world/disaster-averted-cat-prevents-baby-tumbling-down-stairs


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Saturday, June 2, 2018

With baby in tow, 24-year-old single mom graduates from Harvard Law School

Source Website: http://www.asiaone.com/world/baby-tow-24-year-old-single-mom-graduates-harvard-law-school
By Niña V. Guno, Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network, Asiaone, 01 June 2018


Briana Williams, 24, struggled with reliable childcare.
PHOTO: Briana Williams, 24, struggled with reliable childcare. It was not atypical to see her rushing through Wasserstein to the Dean of Students’ office (DOS) with Evelyn, her baby, in her carriage, requesting the DOS to keep her for a few hours until class was over. If not, she would just have to come with her mother to class. Evelyn attended classes often.
PHOTO: Instagram/lovexbriana
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Not many 1-year-olds can say they attended a graduation-and in Harvard Law School, at that.

Little Evelyn, dressed in a toga and an academic cap, earned her spot to be at the commencement exercises: after all, she had attended some classes with her mom, 24-year-old Briana Williams.

Williams, a single mother, was teary-eyed and beamed brightly as she carried Evelyn after receiving her Juris Doctor degree.


Briana Williams, 24, a single mother, was teary-eyed and beamed brightly as she carried Evelyn after receiving her Juris Doctor degree.

PHOTO: Briana Williams, 24, a single mother, was teary-eyed and beamed brightly as she carried Evelyn after receiving her Juris Doctor degree.
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"To say that my last year of law school, with a newborn, and as a single mom was a challenge would be an understatement," she recounted in her Instagram post.

"I went into labour in April-during final exam period. I immediately requested an epidural so that my contractions wouldn't interfere with my Family Law grade," she said. "And, with tears in my eyes, I finished it."

"Some days I was so mentally and emotionally fatigued that I did not leave my bed," she admitted.


Little Evelyn, dressed in a toga and an academic cap, shaking hand while receiving their Juris Doctor degree.
PHOTO: Little Evelyn, dressed in a toga and an academic cap, shaking hand while receiving their Juris Doctor degree. Her mom's hands were full at the moment. Actually she earned her spot to be at the commencement exercises: after all, she had attended some classes with her mom, 24-year-old Briana Williams.
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The logistics of having an infant and studying was a challenge, and at times she would leave her baby in a stroller at the Dean of Students' office to attend class. Otherwise, "Evie" sat in with her.

"I did not think that, at 24 years old, as a single mom, I would be able to get through one of the most intellectually rigorous and challenging positions of my life," she confessed.

"Thank you for giving me the strength and courage to be invincible," she wrote to her child. "Let's keep beating all their odds, baby."

BOOK-SMART AND STREET-SMART
Williams is a self-described "small town girl from the Atlanta" and is the first in her family to graduate from college in a family of six children. She obtained her Legal Studies degree from Saint John's University and graduated magna cum laude.


The first time She stepped on Harvard’s campus was for Admitted Students Weekend. Accompanied by family and close friends.
PHOTO: The first time She stepped on Harvard’s campus was for Admitted Students Weekend. Accompanied by family and close friends. She walked into a classroom of about 20 other students who'd also been accepted. She was afraid. What she would soon identify was being an "imposter syndrome"
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"I went to college with one suitcase and one pair of shoes, holding on to a bible that my older sister had tucked away in my bag," she recalled.

When she entered Harvard Law School, she was thrust into an environment with the world's brightest minds and felt "scared sh*tless" encountering students from other Ivy League schools. She also had more hurdles to face: besides her studies, her time was consumed working as a waitress and bartender "to get by."

Her father's encouraging words stuck with her: "You got something they don't got - you're street smart. You're book smart AND you're street smart."
When the young mother received her degree, her eyes were covered with tears.

PHOTO: When the young mother received her degree, her eyes were covered with tears. It was for the sake of her daughter, Williams decided to continue her studies and get a degree in Harvard Law School.
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Williams used her smarts and extraordinary opportunity to learn how to uplift the rights of black people and women. During her third year at Harvard Law, she was the communications director for the Harvard Black Law Students Association.

From her minority background, she found a space to be empowered. "I made sure to engage in courses that contextualized the law with my blackness, femininity, and income strata."

After graduation, she is set to work at "a top law firm in Los Angeles," where she plans to take on pro bono cases.

"At first, I was the anomaly of my [marginalised] community. Then, as a single mother, I became a statistic.

Next, I pray that for the sake of my baby, I will be an example," she said.


Now Williams looks at the law from the position of a black single mother.
PHOTO: Now Williams looks at the law from the position of a black single mother. She thanks God for the experience she has received, and is ready to use it in her work.
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Daughter, I was told that because of you, I will not succeed ..... But I did it - just because of you.
PHOTO: "Daughter, I was told that because of you, I will not succeed ..... But I did it - just because of you. Thank you for giving me strength and courage - thanks to this, I won."
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She also had more hurdles to face: besides her studies, her time was consumed working as a waitress and bartender
PHOTO: She also had more hurdles to face: besides her studies, her time was consumed working as a waitress and bartender "to get by."
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In The Rain Photography

PHOTO: In The Rain Photography
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In The Rain Photography
PHOTO: In The Rain Photography
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Beautiful in black
PHOTO: Beautiful in black
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By Niña V. Guno, Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network, Asiaone, 01 June 2018



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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Baby boom at wildlife attractions here

My Paper, Thursday, December 18, 2014, Page A6, Top Stories
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Source Website: http://mypaper.sg/top-stories/baby-boom-wildlife-attractions-here-20141218
By Tanjeetpal Singh, tanjeets@sph.com.sg, Published on Dec 18, 2014


FEEDING TIME
PHOTO: FEEDING TIME: The River Safari welcomed the birth of a giant anteater on May 20, which had to be hand-reared by keepers after being rejected by its mother. It was previously fed kitten milk replacer, but is now on a specially formulated high-protein diet consisting of boiled eggs mixed with commercial pellets for insect-eating animals.
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SINGAPOREANS may be eagerly anticipating the birth of cubs from giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia, but this year, some pretty special babies have already been born at Wildlife Reserves Singapore's (WRS') four zoological attractions.

Since January, the four parks - Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, River Safari and Singapore Zoo - welcomed more than 400 babies that were either born or hatched.

The latest additions were a pair of Asian lion cubs born on Sept 27 at the Night Safari.

Asian lions are an endangered species with only about 300 left in India's Gir Forest, the only place where they can be found in the wild.

The Night Safari currently has a pride of 13 Asian lions, of which 12 were born here.

Nearly one in four of the babies born this year are animals listed as "threatened" on the International Union

for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. These include the Bali mynah, Javan langur, proboscis monkey and giant anteater.

But the most iconic birth is, perhaps, that of the critically endangered Sunda Pangolin, which is native to Singapore and is used as the logo for WRS' Conservation Fund.

The arrival of Radin on July 13 marked the Night Safari's third successful birth of a Sunda Pangolin at WRS since 2011. This takes the total number of Sunda Pangolins housed there to seven.


FOLLOW MUMMY
PHOTO: FOLLOW MUMMY: Native to Singapore, Radin, a Sunda Pangolin, follows its mother Nita around at the Night Safari. Its birth marked the Night Safari's third successful birth of a Sunda Pangolin at WRS since 2011
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These nocturnal creatures have been driven close to extinction by animal trafficking, habitat loss and hunting - they are valued for their meat and scales.

In a previous Straits Times report, experts estimated that there are only about 50 Sunda Pangolins left in Singapore.

"The world is undergoing an unprecedented loss of wildlife as a direct result of human-related activities," said Cheng Wen-Haur, chief life sciences officer, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, in a press statement.

"Each of these births represents a precious glimmer of hope in our effort to help save the planet's biodiversity.

"Many of them are part of coordinated conservation breeding programmes to safeguard against extinction in the wild. All of them are invaluable ambassadors for their species to connect our visitors to the need for their protection."

Visitors to the River Safari's Amazon Flooded Forest can see two new giant river otters, the largest of the world's 13 otter species, which were born on July 8.

M. Geerrthana was thrilled to be able to see the newcomers in October.

"They were way cuter than their parents," said the 20-year-old student.

"It was quite a rare opportunity as I'd seen online videos of baby otters, but I've never actually seen them up close.
"The way they followed their parents around the pool was very adorable."

The River Safari also welcomed a baby giant anteater on May 20, which had to be hand-reared by keepers after being rejected by its mother.

It was previously fed kitten milk replacer, but is now on a specially formulated high-protein diet consisting of boiled eggs mixed with commercial pellets for insect-eating animals. It is not housed in the public viewing area.

In the wild, giant anteaters are threatened by habitat destruction, and are hunted for their meat and coat.

The zoo, meanwhile, added babies from two critically endangered species to its collection: three cotton-top tamarins and 12 Southern River terrapin hatchlings, of which only 200 adult individuals remain in the wild.

It also welcomed a baby proboscis monkey in May and continues to house 12 of these endangered monkeys, making the zoo's collection the largest in the world outside of Indonesia.

Not to be left out, the Jurong Bird Park successfully bred a Goliath palm cockatoo - the largest cockatoo species - for the first time. The chick hatched on April 14.

The park also successfully bred eight critically endangered Bali mynahs.


GOING HOME
PHOTO: GOING HOME: Jurong Bird Park has successfully bred eight critically endangered Bali mynahs. They are bred by WRS to increase the species' off-site numbers in the wild. All progeny will eventually be sent back to Bali.
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Bali mynahs are bred by WRS to increase the species' numbers in the wild. All progeny will eventually be sent back to Bali.

Visitors to the zoo like Sandra Chong, 20, appreciate WRS' conservation efforts.

"Many of us rarely get to see any exotic animals, let alone their babies," said the student.

"It is nice to see that the zoo is making an effort to raise the young of endangered animals so that our future generations will get to see and enjoy them."

By Tanjeetpal Singh, tanjeets@sph.com.sg, Published on Dec 18, 2014



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