USA: cat who presides over the city of Alaska in jeopardy after dog attack
This is surely one of the most peculiar news you bring. A very loving cat who is Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, for 16 years, was brutally attacked by a dog and is in serious condition. Yes, you read right: the city has a cat as its mayor.The cat Stubbs â€" holder of a greater responsibility than others of its kind â€" is hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured sternum and a cut of 13 inches on one side of the body.The story of how Stubbs rose to power is, to say the least, unusual. The animal was found abandoned in a box full of kittens, in front of a shop in the city. Lauri Stec, store manager, decided to stay with one of the Cubs and call her Stubbs, because she had no tail.Soon after, the locals, not satisfied with any of the candidates for the elections human Mayor this year, voted in Stubbs as a registered candidate. The kitten earned, received an unofficial Office of mayor in the store owner and thus spent more than a decade to look around town.Talkeetna is a "historic centre", by which the mayor is more symbolic than functional, according to locals. It is this distinction that makes it easier for the community of about 800 people being led by a feline.As the accident took place last Saturday night, while Stubbs went, as was his habit, the city â€" a dog without leash ran towards it and bit him."He [Stubbs] had a large cut and, once at the vet, we found that reached the organs," said Stec to CNN. "This is a crucial moment because he is heavily sedated with painkillers. He's going through a big pain. "According to the owner, the animal's medical bills can reach € 1,500 ($ 4,700). It is not known that the dog will be attacked.
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