‘I’m from India. And my family said – you go to the same university as Long Boi!’

Tanisha Jain, sports officer for the University of York Students’ Union, was involved with the fundraising for the Long Boi memorial.

She told Sarah Dunphy that the duck had global appeal.

“We realised that there’s so much overwhelming love for Long Boi.

“I’m from India, and my friends and family in India knew who Long Boi was and they were like, “Oh my god, you go to the same university as Long Boi’.

“We knew we needed to commemorate his life somehow.”

The full interview is below.