Town's Cat Mayor Recovering After Attack by Dog

"Stubbs" the cat, honorary mayor of the Alaskan town of Talkeetna, is recovering in a veterinary hospital after he was savagely attacked by a dog over the weekend.

A loose dog attacked the orange cat on Saturday, leaving the town's mayor with a large gash, a fractured sternum and a punctured lung, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

Lauri Stec, manager of Nagley's General Store where Stubbs spends much of his time on the counter, said that by late Tuesday afternoon, Stubbs was medication but doing well after his chest tube was removed, the Daily News reported. Stec said people across the U.S. have offered to donate money to help offset the cost of her vet bills.