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Stubbs the Cat | |
|---|---|
 The Feline Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska | |
| Honorary Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska | |
| In office July 18, 1997 – July 21, 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1997 Talkeetna, Alaska, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 2017 (aged 20) Talkeetna, Alaska, U.S. |
Stubbs (April 12, 1997 – July 21, 2017)[1] was an American cat who was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska from July 1997 until his death in July 2017.[2] Until early 2017, Stubbs was still mayor, and has been described as a tourist attraction.[3][4]
At least one opinion writer for the Alaska Dispatch News insisted that the whole story was false, and that Talkeetna, Alaska, did not, in fact, have a cat mayor.[5] 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."[6]
Stubbs died on July 21, 2017 in Talkeetna at the age of 20 years.[7]
References
- ↑ Lamb, Jason (July 13, 2012). "Talkeetna Mayor is a Cat Named Stubbs". KTUU-TV. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. https://www.webcitation.org/6G4HjvCIc. 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 more than a decade 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.""
- ↑ "Alaska town elects a cat for mayor". United Press International, Inc. July 15, 2012. http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/07/15/Alaska-town-elects-a-cat-for-mayor/UPI-92141342368115/. 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."
- ↑ "Cat marks 15 years as Alaskan mayor". Euronews. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6G4HkXAUN?url=http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/16/pet-cat-marks-15-years-as-alaskan-mayor/. 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."
- ↑ Duerson, Meena (July 17, 2012). "Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years". NYDailyNews.com. Daily News, L.P.. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/cat-mayor-alaska-town-15-years-article-1.1116263. 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."
- ↑ Silly 'Alaska cat mayor' saga spotlights how easily the media can be scammed. ADN.com. 2013-09-11. http://www.adn.com/article/20130911/silly-alaska-cat-mayor-saga-spotlights-how-easily-media-can-be-scammed. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑ Morning Edition (2012-07-18). "Following Up On Tuesday's Feline Mayor Story". NPR. https://www.npr.org/2012/07/18/156961189/following-up-on-feline-mayor-story-from-tuesday. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ↑ Stubbs, Talkeetna’s honorary cat mayor, dies, by Chris Klint, at KTVA; published July 23, 2017; retrieved July 23, 2017
