World News | Cat at Northeast's Highest Peak Dies After 12 Years on Duty
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A cat who patrolled the highest peak in the northeast US for a dozen years as its weather observatory's mascot has died.
North Conway (US), Nov 9 (AP) A cat who patrolled the highest peak in the northeast US for a dozen years as its weather observatory's mascot has died.
Marty, a black Maine coon cat, succumbed to “an unforeseen illness," Mount Washington Summit Operations Manager Rebecca Scholand said in a news release Monday.
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“As a past observer who lived on the summit for four years, I can tell you Marty was a special companion, entertainer and so incredibly loved by observers and state park staff and will be sadly missed,” she wrote.
The Mount Washington Observatory staff have had a cat at the 6,288-foot (1,915-meter) summit, called the “home of the world's worst weather," since 1932.
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The observatory had recently shared the news that Marty would retire from the mountain early in 2021.
“The summit feline tradition will continue," the news release said.
Marty, a shelter cat, won 53% of the Mount Washington Mascot Primary in January 2008, the same time that Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain won their respective races in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. (AP)
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