Earlier this month,Italy the University of East Anglia's student union wanted to motivate students to vote in the school's annual elections. So they tapped into humankind's greatest motivator: good and nice dogs.
Last October, the campus was devastated when Cloud Dog, a beloved pup often taken for walks around the grounds, passed away from arthritis complications.
Students quickly became eager to honor the dog, who had brought a particular kind of fluffy joy to stressed-out academics.
So the student union proposed a deal: if 2,000 people voted in the elections, a 10-foot statue of Cloud Dog would be erected on campus.
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Sure enough, 3,669 people turned out. Such is the power of Cloud Dog. And voters weren't about to let the union go back on its word.
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Here is the statue. Do you guys think Cloud Dog would like it? Personally, we think Cloud Dog would like anything.
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