Stubbs the cat, longtime mayor of an Alaska town, dies at 20

Stubbs, an enormous yellow cat who survived a canine assassination try throughout his 19-year tenure as honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, died peacefully final Thursday. He was 20.

Stubbs was elected in 1998 via a write-in marketing campaign. According to the AP, the 900-person city has no human mayor, and maybe that is simply as properly — Stubbs seemed to be extraordinarily well-liked with the citizens.

And regardless of surviving each a canine assault in 2013 and false rumors of his demise in 2016, Stubbs remained trusting and cuddly to the top, a top quality his household lauded in a press release Saturday.

"[Stubbs] was a trooper till the final day of his life; meowing at us all through the day to pet him or to return sit on the mattress with him and let him snuggle and purr for hours in our lap," the assertion reads. 

"Thanks, Stubbs, for coming into our lives for the previous 31 months; you're a exceptional cat and we'll dearly miss you."

The late mayor will probably be succeeded by a kitten named Denali, who reportedly "has the very same character as Stubbs."

This is hoping he additionally has the identical political acumen. Relaxation in peace, Mr. Mayor.