People travel great distances to see him and take a picture with him. He even has his own doghouse provided by the Adjara Tourism Department.
He was even painted on the side of a local building. Kupata is the driving force behind a regional initiative in Batumi that provides adopters of stray dogs with a pitiful annual stipend.
The town hopes this will help solve the stray dog problem. Therefore, Kupata is really significant. He is well known.

He is even referred to on his Instagram page as “Georgia Pride.” On this page, people will see many works of art influenced by Kupata.

