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The Kentucky hamlet of Rabbit Hash has a new mayor — Wilbur, a 6-month old French bulldog.
"Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, has never had an actual person or human as a mayor," Amy Noland, Wilbur's human, told NBC News. Noland said the tradition emerged in the late 1990s.
"There was a man named Don Claire who thought it would be a great idea to elect some type of animal — not necessarily a canine — as mayor of town, as a fundraising event for the historical society," she explained
The Ohio River town of just under 500 people is on the National Register of Historic Places in part for its very old general store, built c. 1831, reported the Cincinnati Inquirer. Noland said there's a thriving community of dog lovers in the town — including her. She says she fosters kittens and cats, ferries rescue dogs to their new homes and has two rescue dogs in addition to her Frenchie.
But she described Wilbur, who she adopted four months ago, as an "anomaly" because he's an American Kennel Club registered purebred dog. "He was just so cute," Noland explained.
There have been five dog mayors of Rabbit Hash since the first, Goofy. The last mayor, a pit bull named Brynn, was mayor from 2016 to 2020, Noland said. "Although it's not political at all, it always coincides with the presidential election," Noland said.
She said Wilbur is handling the stress of the new job pretty well: "He’s done a lot of interviews locally, he’s had a lot of pets, a lot of belly scratches and a lot of ear rubs."
You can follow Mayor Wilbur on his Facebook page where you can watch him be hard at work
"Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, has never had an actual person or human as a mayor," Amy Noland, Wilbur's human, told NBC News. Noland said the tradition emerged in the late 1990s.
"There was a man named Don Claire who thought it would be a great idea to elect some type of animal — not necessarily a canine — as mayor of town, as a fundraising event for the historical society," she explained
The Ohio River town of just under 500 people is on the National Register of Historic Places in part for its very old general store, built c. 1831, reported the Cincinnati Inquirer. Noland said there's a thriving community of dog lovers in the town — including her. She says she fosters kittens and cats, ferries rescue dogs to their new homes and has two rescue dogs in addition to her Frenchie.
But she described Wilbur, who she adopted four months ago, as an "anomaly" because he's an American Kennel Club registered purebred dog. "He was just so cute," Noland explained.
There have been five dog mayors of Rabbit Hash since the first, Goofy. The last mayor, a pit bull named Brynn, was mayor from 2016 to 2020, Noland said. "Although it's not political at all, it always coincides with the presidential election," Noland said.
She said Wilbur is handling the stress of the new job pretty well: "He’s done a lot of interviews locally, he’s had a lot of pets, a lot of belly scratches and a lot of ear rubs."
You can follow Mayor Wilbur on his Facebook page where you can watch him be hard at work
