Cats and dogs are helping Ricky Gervais campaign for an Emmy

Canvassing industry insiders is common practice among TV stars who want to nab themselves an award nomination but Ricky Gervais has really raised the bar when it comes to campaigning for an Emmy nomination – by getting cats and dogs to do it for him.

The comedian and well-known animal lover has enlisted the help of his online legion of four legged friends to nab a nomination for his Netflix film, Special Correspondents.

The flick, about a pair of radio broadcasters (Gervias and Eric Bana) who transmit fake war zone reports from their apartment only to end up in the middle of an actual war zone when they fake their own kidnapping, was released in April.

Gervais sent out a call via his Twitter account and he’s not been short of replies.

If your pets want to try & garner votes for me to get an Emmy Nomination that would help a lot. In fact it would be my entire campaign.

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) May 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/JOEBFLA/status/734493992432377861
https://twitter.com/LKirkpatrick/status/734495562859483136

Pets posed with their own campaign posters

https://twitter.com/cjp1970/status/734471641502253056
https://twitter.com/cjp1970/status/734471865331286016
https://twitter.com/candyappl_red/status/734471867529105408
https://twitter.com/AlanSimpson/status/734462578324168706

Some made their very own political promises

https://twitter.com/BangDesignUK/status/734461577378795520

A few got REALLY into it…

https://twitter.com/LMWalker88/status/734486715826634752
https://twitter.com/BCbudgirl420/status/734485983995924480
https://twitter.com/tpack1971/status/734512835489898496

And others weren’t quite as enthusiastic…

https://twitter.com/kirsti_deacon/status/734466138827071488
https://twitter.com/Madstar42/status/734636465859223552

It's a furry good effort on their part, though. And whether it works or not, it's a truly heartwarming tail...