So, dear friends, the internet voting for the sixth season of the International Award ‘My Affectionate and Necessary Animal’ is over.
The Organising Committee states that this year the fans of all candidates behaved extremely correctly and respectfully towards all applicants without exception.
To begin with, we announce the ‘People's Heroes’ of the sixth season - a mongrel dog with the symbolic nickname Pobeda from Samara, who repeatedly saved the lives of her fighting comrades, and a fifth-grader from the Lipetsk region, Varvara Guznaeva, whose truly adult act did not leave social media users indifferent.
Both Pobeda and Varya secured their places in the top five from the very first day of the ‘Popular Vote’, but a significant gap between the winners and the other contenders came in the final round.
And while Pobeda was voted for by supporters of the Prize from almost all regions of the country, Varvara was mainly actively supported by residents of the Lipetsk region.
A wonderful hippopotamus from Kazan pleasantly surprised with the results. Zakharya got to the second round from the 6th place, but at the final stage she made a graceful finishing spurt and eventually became the second.
It was very disappointing that the selfless animal defenders from Rostov - the Kravtsov family and the volunteers of ‘Koshkin Dom’ from Donetsk did not make it to the finals. Despite the fact that the Donetsk supporters became noticeably more active two days before the end of the first round, they fell just a little short of the coveted number.
In total, all of our candidates received 173,391 votes of support. In the protocol published below you can see all the figures, which may upset some people.
We have said many times that all candidates, without exception, are worthy of respect and recognition. And, once again, we would like to repeat: the result of internet voting, as in previous seasons, was largely determined by the support groups, which managed to mobilize their resources and conduct correct campaigning for this or that contender.
Tomorrow in the afternoon we will announce the winners of the sixth season of the Award according to the jury. And in the list of laureates, believe us, there will be a lot of surprises waiting for you. We are sure - for many pleasant ones.
Once again, we congratulate ‘People's heroes’ of the sixth season of the International Award ‘My affectionate and necessary animal’ and thank you, dear associates, for your concern and activity.
The results of the ‘Popular vote’ can be found on our website at the link. The full protocol will be published on our website.