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Stubbs (cat)

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Stubbs
Mayor Stubbs reclining on a car
Stubbs at the West Rib Cafe & Pub in 2006
Honorary Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska
In office
July 18, 1997 ? July 21, 2017
Personal details
Born ( 1997-04-12 ) April 12, 1997
Talkeetna, Alaska , U.S.
Died July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) (aged 20)
Talkeetna, Alaska, U.S.

Stubbs (April 12, 1997 ? July 21, 2017) [1] was a cat who was the honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska , from July 18, 1997, until his death in 2017. [2]

Stubbs was described as a tourist attraction , [3] having been flooded with cards and letters, and drawing 30 to 40 tourists each day (most of whom were en route to other Alaska destinations, such as Denali ) [4] who hoped to meet "the mayor". His position was honorary, as the town is only a historic district . [5]

Every afternoon, Stubbs went to a nearby restaurant and drank water mixed with catnip out of a wine glass [6] [7] or a margarita glass. [8]

Stubbs died in 2017 at the age of 20. [9]

Early life [ edit ]

In 1997, Lauri Stec, manager of Nagley's General Store, found Stubbs in a box full of kittens in her parking lot. [10] The owners were giving the kittens away; Stec chose "Stubbs" because he did not have a tail. [6]

Career [ edit ]

Stubbs was widely described as having been elected after a write-in campaign by voters who opposed the human candidates, [11] but NPR pointed out that this could not have happened because "the tiny town has no real mayor, so there was no election." [12] Nagley's General Store was used as Stubbs's "mayoral office" during his tenure. [6]

Stubbs was featured in an effort to protest the 2014 United States Senate election in Alaska when people urged voters to write Stubbs in on the ballot. [13] Stubbs was featured in a video criticizing both the Democratic and Republican candidates for Senate. [13]

One opinion writer for the Alaska Dispatch News insisted that the whole story was false, and that Talkeetna did not have a cat mayor. [14]

Later life [ edit ]

In 2015, Stubbs was growing older and thus slowed down his public presence. [15] He died on July 21, 2017. His owners said that “He was a trooper until the end of his life.” [15] Stubbs lived to the age of 20 years and three months.

Stubbs's owners have suggested that another family cat, Denali, may assume Talkeetna's "mayoralty". [16]

Injuries [ edit ]

On August 31, 2013, Stubbs was attacked by a dog. [10] [17] He was placed under heavy sedation at a veterinary hospital 70 miles (110 km) away in Wasilla , having suffered a punctured lung, a fractured sternum, and a deep cut in his side. [10] [18] A crowd-funding page was set up to help pay his veterinary bills. [19] Stubbs remained in the veterinary hospital for nine days before returning to the upstairs room of the general store. [20] As a result, he was discouraged from roaming. Donations toward his care were received from around the world; the surplus was given to an animal shelter and to the local veterinary clinic. [7]

Other incidents included Stubbs being shot by teenagers with BB guns , falling into a restaurant's deep fryer (which was switched off and cool at the time), and hitching a ride to the outskirts of Talkeetna on a garbage truck. [20]

See also [ edit ]

  • List of individual cats
  • Non-human electoral candidates
  • Tama , a Japanese cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer
  • Bosco , a dog who defeated two humans to be elected honorary mayor of Sunol, California, in 1981, serving until 1994
  • Catmando , a cat who served as joint leader of the British Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  • Sergeant Stubby , an American dog who was promoted to the rank of sergeant through combat during World War I
  • Nils Olav , a king penguin who served in the King's Guard of Norway from 1972 to his death in 1987, eventually gaining the rank of sergeant
    • Nils Olav II, a king penguin who inherited his predecessor's name and rank, and was eventually promoted to colonel-in-chief and knighted
    • Nils Olav III, a king penguin who inherited his predecessor's name, rank, and knighthood, and currently holds the rank of brigadier
  • Wojtek , a bear enlisted in the Polish Army during World War II
  • Sergeant Reckless , a Korean horse used as a pack animal in the conflict, and the highest ranking horse in the United States Marine Corps

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Lamb, Jason (July 13, 2012). "Talkeetna Mayor is a Cat Named Stubbs" . KTUU-TV. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15 . Retrieved July 19, 2012 . cat named Stubbs has been the mayor of Talkeetna for nearly all of his life -- no joke. It's been that way for 2 decades in the small tourist town that boasts nearly 900 residents. The part-manx was named honorary mayor shortly after his birth, and now locals all know the cat as "Mayor Stubbs."
  2. ^ "Alaska town elects a cat for mayor" . United Press International, Inc. July 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012 . Retrieved July 19, 2012 . As the story goes, about 15 years ago, some residents of Talkeetna were unhappy with the candidates who were running for mayor, so as a joke, they encouraged others to elect Stubbs the cat as a write-in candidate, and he actually won.
  3. ^ "Cat marks 15 years as Alaskan mayor" . Euronews . July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013 . Retrieved July 19, 2012 . He has been a popular tourist attraction ever since in the town of 900 people. 'He was just in the Alaska Magazine, and he's been featured in a few different things,' said Lauri Stec, who works at Nagley's General Store in Talkeetna, where Stubbs hangs out most of the time.
  4. ^ Duerson, Meena (July 17, 2012). "Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years" . NYDailyNews.com . Daily News, L.P. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012 . Retrieved July 19, 2012 . Stec manages Stubbs's main haunt, Nagley's General Store, and says the cat has been a good leader when it comes to local small businesses. "He doesn't raise our taxes - we have no sales tax. He doesn't interfere with business", she told CNN. "He's honest". Yet Stubbs has exhibited some diva behavior, such as drinking water out of a wine glass laden with catnip every afternoon.
  5. ^ Friedman, Amy (July 17, 2012). "Cat Marks 15 Years as Mayor of Alaska Town" . Time Magazine . Archived from the original on July 20, 2012 . Retrieved July 18, 2012 .
  6. ^ a b c Yan, Holly (2012-07-17). "Mayor of Alaska village walks on four paws" . CNN . CNN.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02 . Retrieved 2013-07-16 .
  7. ^ a b Doogan, Sean (November 3, 2013). "Donations to injured Talkeetna cat 'mayor' Stubbs to benefit vet clinic, animal shelter" . Alaska Dispatch . Archived from the original on February 12, 2014 . Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  8. ^ Simpson, Ian (24 July 2017). "Alaska town's purr-fect unofficial cat mayor dies at 20" . Reuters . Archived from the original on 24 July 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 .
  9. ^ Stubbs, Talkeetna’s honorary cat mayor, dies Archived 2017-07-23 at the Wayback Machine , by Chris Klint, at KTVA ; published July 23, 2017; retrieved July 23, 2017
  10. ^ a b c Mungin, Lateef; Watts, Amanda (4 September 2013). "Stubbs the cat, Alaska town mayor, mauled by dog" . CNN . Archived from the original on 24 July 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 .
  11. ^ "Alaska town: Feline mayor is the cat's pajamas" . Houston Chronicle . 15 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012 . Retrieved 15 July 2012 .
  12. ^ Morning Edition (2012-07-18). "Following Up On Tuesday's Feline Mayor Story" . NPR. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20 . Retrieved 2013-07-16 .
  13. ^ a b Campbell, Colin (4 November 2014). "A Cat Mayor Just 'Announced' His Campaign For Senate In Alaska" . Business Insider . Archived from the original on 5 August 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 .
  14. ^ Medred, Craig (July 6, 2016). "Silly 'Alaska cat mayor' saga spotlights how easily the media can be scammed" . Anchorage Daily News . Opinions. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016 . Retrieved 11 May 2018 .
  15. ^ a b Charles Levin (23 July 2017). "Honorary Alaska 'mayor,' Stubbs the cat, dies at 20" . CNN . Archived from the original on 2019-08-28 . Retrieved 2019-08-28 .
  16. ^ "Feline sad: the cat who was 'mayor' of Alaskan town for 20 years dies" . The Guardian . Associated Press. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 .
  17. ^ "Alaska feline mayor Stubbs the cat suffers dog attack" . BBC . 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017 . Retrieved 24 July 2017 .
  18. ^ Baird, Austin (2013-09-03). "Talkeetna 'Honorary Mayor,' Stubbs the Cat, Claws Way to Recovery" . ktuu.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21 . Retrieved 2013-09-15 .
  19. ^ "Save Stubbs the Cat - Mayor of Talkeetna" . Indiegogo . 2013-09-03. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21 . Retrieved 2013-09-15 .
  20. ^ a b Carlton, Jim (2013-10-16). "Mayor of Alaskan Town Is a Cat" . Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02 . Retrieved 2013-10-16 .
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