<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div>Courtesy of <i>The Mirror </i>(London, England) at:</div><div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hero-cat-rescues-baby-dumped-4982826">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hero-cat-rescues-baby-dumped-4982826</a></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="" itemprop="headline name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1; font-size: 4.61538462em; font-family: MirrorExtraCondBold, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Hero cat rescues baby dumped in street by climbing in box to keep it warm in freezing conditions</h1><h2 class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 100; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As well as using its long hair and body heat to protect the three-month old tot from sub-zero temperatures, the moggy also raised the alarm by constantly meowing.</span></font></h2></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A long-haired tabby cat has been hailed a hero after finding an abandoned baby in a street and climbing in the box he had been left in to protect him from the cold.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As well as making sure the three-month-old didn't freeze to death, <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/cats" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;">the moggy</a> raised the alarm by crying out to make people aware of the boy's presence.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Irina Lavrova, 68, who lives near to where the tot was dumped in Obinsk, Russia, was throwing out rubbish when she heard Masha the cat meowing near the bins.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She went over to check Masha - a communal cat - was all right, and could not believe her eyes when she saw <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/babies" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;">the baby boy</a> lying among next to the moggy.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Masha is a communal cat who everyone takes turns in looking after," she said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"She is very placid and friendly so when I heard her mewing I thought that perhaps she had injured herself because normally she would have come and said hello to me.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"You can imagine my shock when I saw her lying in a box next to a baby.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Clearly her mothering instincts had taken over and she wanted to protect the child.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"He was well-dressed with a little hat and whoever left him here had even left a few nappies and some baby food."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The baby boy was taken by ambulance <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/hospitals" sl-processed="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;">to hospital</a> where he was given a check up and declared fit and healthy.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A hospital spokesman said: "The baby had only been outside for a few hours and thanks to Masha and the child’s clothing he was not damaged by the experience."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now residents in the area have hailed Masha a hero.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Irina said: "Everyone in the block is very proud of her and we have all spoilt her rotten by giving her her favourite food."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A police spokesman said officers were looking into the case and had launched a search for the baby’s mother.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><figure class="inline-image clearfix " style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><figcaption style="float: left; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Purr-fect: The baby boy was looked after by Masha the cat</span></figcaption></figure><div class="body " itemprop="articleBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.76923077em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="cid:2B3F2F17-4312-470A-96B4-7F0B4A8550EA" alt="image1.jpeg" id="2B3F2F17-4312-470A-96B4-7F0B4A8550EA"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.58823529em; 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