Agency Reimagines the #WhatTheFluffChallenge With a Dog Influencer to Help Curb Animal Abandonment

VML hopes social media users will be inspired to share the message

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It’s been hard to miss the #WhatTheFluffChallenge on social media in recent weeks. It goes like this—a pet owner stands in a doorway, hiding behind a blanket, while their dog or cat looks on eagerly. The human then runs to hide while simultaneously dropping the blanket, making it look as though they have disappeared and leaving their confused pet to ask, “What the fluff?!” Of course, the human always returns after a few moments to the relief of the perplexed pet.

But when Harsh Kapadia, ecd at VML London, watched this viral sensation proliferate across the internet, he saw more than just a silly trend that would soon fade into the ether.

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