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4 days ago
- General
- The Star
First male gibbon birth in captivity recorded in Sabah
Picture of Nabalu the newborn gibbon. PIC courtesy of GCS. KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has made history with the first known birth of a male gibbon in captivity, announced Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Christina Liew. The unprecedented birth on May 8 of a North Bornean Gibbon, scientifically known as Hylobates funereus and locally called 'Kalawot', marks a significant milestone. It is believed to be the first captive birth of its kind globally. Sabah-born primatologist Mariani Ramli, Founder and President of the Gibbon Conservation Society (GCS), gave Liew the honour of naming the baby gibbon born to parents Candyman and Manis. The pair were rescued at the Borneo Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (Borneo GReP) site in Kg Kiau Bersatu, Kota Belud. "The birth is a historic first for this endangered species in captivity at a rehabilitation centre. I chose the name 'Nabalu' (meaning Spirit of the Mountain) for this baby gibbon," Liew said, adding that she symbolically adopted the infant. The Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry, through the Sabah Wildlife Department (JHL), supports the Society's gibbon conservation, rehabilitation, and re-wilding project. Founded in 2013, GCS is a non-profit organisation dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-wilding gibbons, which are often victims of the illegal wildlife pet trade. Borneo GReP was established in 2022. Mariani, Director of Operations at Borneo GReP, stated that Nabalu and his parents will be released back into the wild as a family when Nabalu is over six months old, demonstrating readiness for re-wilding. Successful gibbon re-wilding requires meeting criteria set by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Best Practices Guidelines, including brachiation, minimal time on the ground, proper socialisation, and successful co-parenting. The release site must be agreed upon by all stakeholders, including KePKAS, JHL, GCS, and the local community. Liew congratulated Mariani on her international recognition in gibbon conservation, having been named World Female Ranger Ambassador for Resilience twice, in 2024 and 2025. "With your passion and relentless effort, you have made Sabah and Malaysia proud of your leadership in gibbon conservation through your Society," Liew remarked. The two gibbon rehabilitation sites in Sabah and Pahang are Malaysia's only IUCN accredited gibbon rehabilitation project centres. Notably, GCS owns, runs, and manages the Borneo gibbon rehabilitation project site (Borneo GReP) in Kota Belud and the site in Raub, Pahang, is managed by Operations Director Ana Jonessy. Sabah Wildlife Department (JHL) Director Mohd Soffian Abu Bakar, present during the courtesy call, noted that gibbons rescued by the department are handed over to Borneo GReP for rehabilitation.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
LIST: Find a storm shelter near you
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — CBS 42 prepared a list of community storm shelters in the central Alabama area. Some listed shelters may not be open in all severe weather events. Please check with the county's emergency management agency to find out if and when the shelter will open. Click here for an EMA directory for each county. WEATHER ALERT Friday night through Saturday Night for strong tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail This list will be updated. Brent Senior Center Cedar Grove Volunteer Fire Department Eoline Fire Department Randoplh Elementary School West Blocton Elementary School Woodstock Elementary School Career Acadey Brierfield community shelter: 35 Brick Yard Pass Harrisburg community shelter: 341 Old Pick Rd. Camp Branch community shelter: 275 Camp Branch Rd. Pondville community shelter: 415 Friendship Rd. Allgood: 4350 Old Highway 75 (beside Allgood Fire Department) Blountsville: 9965 Lee St. (across the street from Blountsville Police Department) Hayden: 825 County Rd. 7 (next to West Blount Fire Department Station 1) Locust Fork: Town Hall Rd. (next to Locust Fork Fire Department) Oneonta: 101 First St. South (adjacent to Wallace State Community College) Snead: McCall Street (behind the Piggly Wiggly) Susan Moore: 4300 Susan Moore Rd. (next to Susan Moore Ball Park) Alexandria Middle School Anniston — Thankful Community Park Cedar Springs Community — intersection of Cedar Springs Drive and Cedar Springs Road Jacksonville Public Safety Complex Jacksonville State University — Merrill Hall Knightens Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department Nances Creek Park Ohatchee Volunteer Fire Department Ohatchee High School Oxford EMS building in Bynum Next to Oxford Fire Department Station No. 6 Oxford Fire Department Station No. 5 Next to Friendship Community Center in Oxford Behind the old C.E. Hannah School Piedmont High School First Baptist Church of Williams Webster's Chapel Volunteer Fire Department Next-door property to Webster's Chapel Community Center Wellborn High School White Plains Volunteer Fire Department Station No. 2 Next to Quad City Fire Department Centre Elementary School gym (tornado shelter) Leesburg FEMA building (tornado shelter) Sand Rock community storm shelter (tornado shelter) New Bethel Baptist Church community storm shelter (tornado shelter) Cedar Bluff School basement (safer place) Cherokee County Courthouse (safer place) Cedar Grove #1 Shelter: 2245 County Road 37 Cedar Grove #2 Shelter: 950 County Road 213 Collins Chapel: 13274 County Road 29 East Chilton Fire and Rescue: 5640 County Road 28 Fairview Fire Station: 9597 County Road 37 Enterprise #1: 6162 County Road 24 Enterprise #2: 3255 County Road 49 Gap of the Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue: 768 County Road 55 Gap of the Mountain #2: 1297 County Road 607 Higgins Ferry Park: 11161 County Road 28 Isabella Fire Department: 1960 County Road 29 New Convert Baptist Church: 861 County Road 380 Union Grove #1: 10896 County Road 51 Union Grove #2: 18050 County Road 42 Verbena Fire Department: 3885 US Highway 31 West Chilton Fire Department: 2678 County Road 42 Clanton Assistance Center: 520 Enterprise Rd. Maplesville Storm Shelter: 120 Railroad St. Sam Bentley Park: 355 Alabama Ave. Clanton City Hall: 505 2nd Ave. N. Opened when we go under a Tornado WATCH: Hollins Community Shelter at the park Shinbone Valley Community Saferoom Rockford Safer Place — 333 School Street Baileyton Storm Shelter: 112 Fairview Rd. Baileyton Storm Shelter: 130 Cemetery Rd. Baileyton Storm Shelter: 600 Fire Station Rd. Berlin Volunteer Fire Department: 3584 US Highway 278 E. Bethsadia Volunteer Fire Department: 454 County Rod. 804 Brushy Pond Senior Center: 2729 County Road 143 Chapel Village/ Jones Chapel: 74 County Road 1034 Colony Senior Center: 12980 AL Highway 91 S. Colony Storm Shelter: 65 Byars Rd. Crane Hill Senior Center: 15140 County Road 222 Crane Hill Volunteer Fire Department #1: 15123 County Road 222 Cullman Senior Center: 1539 Sportsman Lake Rd. City of Cullman Storm Shelter: 1511 Sportsman Lake Rd. Beech Center Storm Shelter: 1803 Beech Ave. Dodge City Town Hall: 130 Howard Circle Dodge City Volunteer Fire Department #2: 7150 County Road 223 Fairview Housing Authority: 96 Countryside Acres Rd. Garden City Storm Shelter: 501 1st Ave. SW (by Town Hall) Good Hope Storm Shelter: 301 Day Gap Rd. Good Hope Storm Shelter: 301 Municipal Dr. Gold Ridge Volunteer Fire Department: 5225 County Rd. 1545 Hanceville Storm Shelter: 202 Bangor Ave. Hanceville Storm Shelter: 203 Michelle St. NW Hanceville Storm Shelter: 1407 Commercial St. Hanceville Senior Center: 1500 Spruce St. SE Holly Pond Storm Shelter: 60 Finley Rd. Logan Volunteer Fire Department: 4203 County Road 818 Smith Lake Park Shelter: 417 County Road 385 Stony Lonesome Park: 10075 AL Highway 69 South Vinemont Storm Shelter: 60 Ridgeway St. Vinemont/ Providence Volunteer Fire Department: 576 County Road 1355 Walter Volunteer Fire Department: 32655 AL Highway 91 West Point Storm Shelter: 3990 County Rd. 1441 West Point Storm Shelter: 11160 AL Highway 157 For a map and status of each shelter in Etowah County, click here. Alabama City storm shelter: 1131 Gladys St. Altoona storm shelter: 3680 Main St. Attalla storm shelter 1: 104 Case Ave. Southeast Cave Springs: 3770 Duck Springs Rd. Coates Bend — Macedonia Road site: 2024 Macedonia Rd. Coates Bend Fire Department East Gadsden storm shelter: 1551 Mississippi St. Egypt community shelter: 569 Egypt Mountain Rd. Gallant Volunteer Fire Department Glencoe community shelter: 201 Chastain Blvd. West Mountainboro community shelter: 8804 U.S. 431 NE Etowah Community Center New Union (Aurora): 6151 Bristow Cove Rd. Ridgeville community shelter: 218 Duck Springs Rd. Sardis storm shelter: 1310 Church St. Southside community storm shelter: 2255 Highway 77 Walnut Grove storm shelter: 5151 Walnut Grove Rd. Bankston-Stough: 10385 Highway 18 E. Bankston: Fowler's Crossroads Station No. 1, 2555 Prospect Road Belk: Belk Community Center, 7633 Alabama Highway 96 Berry: Berry Volunteer Fire Department, 17720 Highway 18 E. Bobo Community: 73 County Road 147, Winfield Boley: 1969 County Road 57 Canaan Community Center: 231 Canaan Road Fayette: Fayette County Courthouse Annex, 103 First Ave. NW Glen Allen: 101 Birch St./County Road 73 Hubbertville: 8814 Highway 129 Kennedy: Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 10488 Highway 159 Kirkland: 6518 Highway 107 Lawrence Mill Community: Highway 43/171 North Mt. Vernon: 6169 Highway 18 W. Newtonville: 490 Center Road Wayside: 7674 Highway 107 Carbon Hill: Fowler's Crossroads Station No.2 at 342 Key Road off of CR 44 Fayette: Multipurpose Complex 650 McConnell Loop Union: Union storm shelter, Union municipal complex Eutaw: Greene County High School, 14221 U.S. Highway 11 537 Alabama Ave, Moundville, AL 35474 Adamsville Storm Shelter: 421 Spring St. Bagley Fire Department: 7175 Bankhead Highway Jimmie Hudson Park: 305 Pratt Highway Pratt City Park: 1331 3rd St. Smithfield Estates: 1706 Huntingdon Place Brookside Storm Shelter: 2711 Municipal Lane Concord Storm Shelter: 6017 Willow Circle Edgewater Oaks Subdivision Shelter: 796 Lannie Bonner Circle Fultondale Storm Shelter: 3220 Hubert Dr. Fultondale Storm Shelter: 2596 Walker Chapel Rd. Fultondale Storm Shelter: 601 Main Street North Smithfield Shelter: 4533 Hutson Ave. N. North Smithfield Manor II: 4700 Smithfield Dr. N. Pleasant Grove Shelter: 464 7th Ave. Tannehill State Park: 12632 Confederate Parkway Trussville City Schools – Cahaba Elementary: 301 Parkway Dr. Liberty Park Sports Complex: 4700 Sicard Hollow Rd. Warrior Storm Shelter: 309 Trafford Rd. Adger Storm Shelter: 7276 Johns Rd. South Hampton School: 565 Sheridan Rd. Hueytown Storm Shelter: 108 Forest Rd. McAdory I: 4400 Harper Rd. McAdory II: 5977 Eastern Valley Rd. McDonald Chapel: 5729 Holland Ave. Bishop Community Center basement Behind Bishop Community Center Bear Creek Housing Authority Behind Brilliant City Hall Old Sunny Home Fire Department Byrd Fire Department Craft Community Center District 5 Shop in Guin: 441 11th Avenue Collins Life Center Hackleburg community shelter: 542 Nix Rd. Behind Hackleburg Water Board Near entrance of Hackleburg Housing Authority Near back of Hackleburg Housing Authority complex CO Highway 12 and Gober Rd. Wiginton community: 4959 County Highway 32 Beside County 2 Way Shop: 701 Fourth Ave. SW Marion County annex: 372 Seventh Ave. SW Behind Hamilton Fire Department Ragsdale Housing Authority Chestnut Circle Housing Authority Sullins School House Mt. View Church parsonage basement Shottsville Fire Department District 1 shop — Shiloh: 2495 St. Highway 187 County Highway 25/20 intersection Twin Community Center safe room Twin Town Hall Pea Ridge Fire Department Winfield community safe room: 126 City Hall St. Near Meadowlark Rd. and Windmere Dr. Beside Baccus voting building near Rock City Church of God Aliceville 751 Fifth St. NW 332 Third Ave. NE 7420 County Rd. 13 4216 M L King Rd. 1184 M L King Rd. Carrollton 41 Elliott St. 897 Roland Bates Rd. Forest 112 Bains Rd. 71 Co. Rd. 89 (On County Rd. 30) Gordo First Ave. W 3368 Zion Rd. Kirk Fire Department Pickensville 11 Jackson-Ferry Rd. 240 Shade Rd. Reform Old Fire Department 107 Poplar Springs Rd. 51 School Circ. 260 Friendship Ch. Rd. Reform City Hall Calera 8th Ave. Storm Shelter: 790 8th Ave. Calera 22nd Ave. Storm Shelter: 1775 22nd Ave. Chelsea Highway 51 Shelter: 7305 Highway 51 Chelsea Melrose Park Shelter: 11101 Highway 47 Columbiana Shelter: 107 Mildred Street Harpersville Storm Shelter: 39321 Highway 25 Montevallo Stephens Park Shelter: 500 County Rd. 10 Montevallo Fire Station Shelter: 20 James Jones Dr. Vandiver-Sterrett Senior Center: 12205 Highway 43 Vincent Gorman Park Shelter: 5384 Highway 62 Vincent Municipal Park Shelter: 8431 Highway 62 Westover Storm Shelter: 3312 Westover Rd. West Shelby Storm Shelter: 4175 Highway 22 Wilsonville Storm Shelter: 9943 North Main St. Argo FEMA Storm Shelter — 100 Blackjack Road City of Margaret Storm Shelter — 1814 South Hillcrest Road City of Margaret Storm Shelter — 240 Rock Crest City of Margaret Storm Shelter — 888 Woodland Circle City of Moody Storm Shelter — 199 Dave Hill Drive City of Moody Storm Shelter — 3007 Whites Chapel Parkway City of Odenville Storm Shelter — 200 Alabama Street City of Pell City Storm Shelter — 25 Williamson Drive City of Riverside Storm Shelter — 379 Depot Street Shoal Creek Storm Shelter — 13370 Shoal Creek Road City of Springville Storm Shelter — 585 Village Springs Road City of Springville Storm Shelter — 210 Walker Drive City of Springville Storm Shelter — 370 Springville Station Boulevard Town of Steele Storm Shelter — Hillview Drive Ashville Courthouse — 100 6th Avenue Pell City Courthouse — 1815 Cogswell Avenue Lanier Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 4445 Kings Chapel Rd. Childersburg community storm shelter: 85 Graves Ave. Lay Lake Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 700 Heasletts Rd. Lincoln storm shelter: 34 Hood Ave. Munford Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelters: 825 Carter St. and 115 Main St. Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 390 Landers Loop Coosa Valley Rescue Squad community storm shelter: 1410 Edwards St. City of Talladega community storm shelter: Jemison Park Ironaton Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 4075 Ironaton Rd. Providence Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 3550 Providence Rd. Renfroe Volunteer Fire Department (in the basement of the station): 7191 Renfroe Rd. Stemley Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 135 Rock Church Rd. Winterboro Volunteer Fire Department community storm shelter: 1375 Bullocks Ferry Rd. Big Sandy Elementary School Brookwood High School Brookwood storm shelters: 15689 Highway 216 Buhl Elementary School Carroll's Creek Volunteer Fire Department shelter: 11580 Lary Lake Rd. Coaling storm shelter — Coaling Fire Department: 15150 Highway 11 N. Coaling storm shelter — Shelter by recreation complex: 11281 Stephens Loop Coaling storm shelter — Stone Gate Mobile Home Park shelter: 15100 Stone Gate Rd. Coker storm shelter: 11549 Eisenhower Dr. Echola storm shelter: 14908 Echola Rd. Echols Middle School Hagler storm shelter: 15451 Hagler Coaling Rd. Holt community tornado shelter: 2000 41st Ct. Holt Elementary School Holt High School shelter Lloyd Wood Education Center Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department shelter: 16780 Mormon Rd. Mt. Olive Volunteer Fire Department shelter: 1332 Mt. Olive Rd. Myrtlewood Elementary School shelter Salvation Army shelter safe room: 2902 Greensboro Ave. Samantha-Northside Park Sipsey Valley Middle School Alberta School of Performing Arts McDonald Hughes Center Northridge High School Paul W. Bryant High School Skyland Elementary School Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy Tuscaloosa Magnet School University Place Elementary School Vance storm shelter behind the old High Quality Fuel gas station: 18348 Highway 11 N Wallace Tingle Park shelter Yellow Creek Volunteer Fire Department shelter Argo Volunteer Fire Department Boldo Fire Station No. 2 Carbon Hill shelter: 240 Ninth Ave. NW Copeland Ferry Fire Department Cordova shelter No. 1 Cordova shelter No. 2 Curry Fire Department Eldridge shelter: 208 Smothers Rd. Kansas shelter: 187 North School St. McCollum Fire Department Nauvoo shelter: 607 Fourth Ave. Oakman shelter: 63 School St. Parrish shelter: 1315 Main St. Pineywoods Fire Department Saragossa Fire Department Station No. 1 Saragossa Fire Department Station No. 2 Sipsey shelter: 283 Park Rd. Thach Community Center Townley Community Shelter Townley Fire Department Station No. 2 Tutwiler Fire Department Upshaw Addison Fire Station Addison Fire Station Arley Fire Station Helican Fire Station Houston community: 72 County Rd. 3128 Moreland Fire Station Double Springs — Hamilton Housing: 36 West St. Haleyville Rec Center Haleyville Dixie Youth Ball Field Haleyville Safety Center Haleyville Scout Hut Park Haleyville Sports Complex Haleyville Airport Natural Bridge Community Center Lynn — Hamilton Housing: 441 Third St. Double Springs Municipal Center (refuge shelter) Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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