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Cat Saves Baby's Life

It's amazing to me when I read news like that how these animals are able to discern when someone is in trouble...

"BERLIN (Reuters) - A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman said Saturday.

"The cat is a hero," Cologne police spokesman Uwe Beier said. "Its loud meowing got the attention of the homeowner and saved the baby from suffering life-threatening hypothermia. The homeowner opened door to see why the cat was making so much noise and discovered the newborn."...

https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060416/od_nm/...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

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Yes, this is truly an amazing story. I feel so bad for the little baby whose parents abandoned him on the doorstep, basically to die. I wonder if the cat was male or female, because that may have a lot to do with it's instincts in drawing attention to the little baby.

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What an interesting question, Malexander! The thought never occured to me, really that if it were a female cat that its motherly instincts might have been behind the meowing!

At least for the days when we feel overrun by bad news, there is a sign of hope. This brightens my day. (I am trying not to mire myself in the fact that the baby was abandoned to begin with) At least he was left in a populated area and not somewhere else. I shudder to think.