--- title: Scottish Town St Andrews Fife Builds Cat Statue for Hamish McHamish description: Don't worry, he didn't die or anything canonical: https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-07T17:57:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:34.768Z og:title: Scottish Town Raises $8K to Build a Statue Of Stray Cat og:description: Don't worry, he didn't die or anything og:url: https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scottish Town Raises $8K to Build a Statue Of Stray Cat twitter:description: Don't worry, he didn't die or anything twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Scottish Town Raises $8,000 for Statue of Stray Cat by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2014 5:57 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2014 5:57 PM UTC A small Scottish town has taken its love for a 14-year-old local stray cat to a bizarre extreme. The people of St Andrews, Fife, raised more than [$8,000 USD to immortalize stray cat Hamish McHamish](http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/5k-raised-for-statue-of-st-andrews-cat-hamish-1-3362380) (yes, really) in the form of a bronze statue. But don’t worry, this isn’t a memorial. Hamish is completely alive to revel in his metallic glory: > [](https://twitter.com/hamishstandrews/status/452416217849278464) Hamish has been wandering the town for years and has gained a cult following. He has a [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HamishMcHamishOfStAndrews), modest [Twitter](https://twitter.com/hamishstandrews) following, and he is even the subject of [fan fiction.](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamish-McHamish-St-Andrews-About/dp/1845025024) So obviously he was driven around town in a convertible to go to his statue unveiling: > [](https://twitter.com/hamishstandrews/status/452391178949111809) Like most cats, Hamish could have been more grateful: > [](https://twitter.com/hamishstandrews/status/452916695183941633) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/"},"headline":"Scottish Town Raises $8,000 for Statue of Stray Cat","datePublished":"2014-04-07T17:57:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:34.768Z","description":"Don't worry, he didn't die or anything","url":"https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cat"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/52012/scottish-town-cat-statue-st-andrews/","name":"Scottish Town Raises $8,000 for Statue of Stray Cat"}}]}] ```