Stubbs (born April 12, 1997) is a cat who has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, since July 1997.
As of 2017, Stubbs is still mayor, and has been described as a tourist attraction, having been flooded with cards and letters, and drawing 30 to 40 tourists each day (most of whom are en route to other Alaska destinations, such as Denali) who hope to meet "the mayor." Stubbs's position is honorary, as the town is only a "historical district."
Every afternoon, Stubbs goes to a nearby restaurant and drinks water laden with catnip out of a wineglass.
At least one opinion writer for the Alaska Dispatch News insists that the whole story is false, and that Talkeetna, Alaska, does not, in fact, have a cat mayor.
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Early life and election
In 1997, Lauri Stec, manager of Nagley's General Store, found Stubbs in a box full of kittens in her parking lot. The owners were giving the kittens away; Stec chose "Stubbs" because he did not have a tail. Stubbs is widely believed to have been elected after a write-in campaign by voters who opposed the human candidates. But according to NPR, the cat could not have been elected as a write-in candidate because "the tiny town has no real mayor, so there was no election." Nagley's General Store now doubles as Stubbs's Mayoral Office.
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Injuries
On August 31, 2013, Stubbs was attacked by a dog. He was placed under heavy sedation at a veterinary hospital 70 miles away in Wasilla, having suffered a punctured lung, a fractured sternum, and a deep wound in his side. A crowd-sourcing page was set up to help pay for Stubbs's medical bills. Stubbs remained in the veterinary hospital for nine days before returning to the upstairs room of the general store; he is now 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.
Injuries
Other perils Stubbs has escaped include being shot by teenagers with BB guns and falling into a restaurant's deep fryer (which was switched off and cool at the time). Recent exploits also include hitching a ride to the outskirts of Talkeetna on a garbage truck.
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