- PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion
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PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion Awarded for For animal gallantry and devotion to duty Presented by People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Country United Kingdom First awarded 2001 The PDSA Certificate for Animal Bravery or Devotion is an animal bravery award that acknowledges the extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty of animals.[1] It was created by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 2001.[2] So far all of the recipients have been dogs except for Dotty, a donkey.[2]
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Recipients
* Awarded posthumously Date
of awardRecipient Notes Date
of incidentRef(s) April 2009 Toby A black Labrador Retriever from Lancashire who was stabbed four times in the chest and legs by an armed burglar, but still successfully chased him from the property. June 2007 [3] May 2009 Wicker A pet German Shepherd-cross who aided his owner's son when he had an epileptic fit and fetched help. February 2006 [4] November 2010 Orlando A Miniature Schnauzer who attracted attention to his elderly owner when she slipped and fell in her garden late one evening. October 2007 [5] April 2011 Dotty A donkey that came to her stablemate's aid, a sheep, when it was attacked by a Pit Bull. April 2009 [2][6] April 2011* Smoky A Yorkshire Terrier army mascot from World War II that was the first therapy dog on record, and pulled communication cables through a seventy foot long drainage culvert under a recently captured airstrip. January 1945 [7] June 2011 Brin A Stray Dog from Helmand Province Afghanistan who accompanied British troops on patrol for IED devices. May 2010 [8] May 2011 Piper A Labrador Retriever guide dog that defended his blind owner when she was attacked, before walking her home while injured. June 2010 [5] See also
- The Dickin Medal, a separate award also administered by the PDSA, which was established by Maria Dickin, founder of the PDSA, in 1943, to acknowledge acts of outstanding bravery by animals serving with military forces in theatres of war, and is considered the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.[9][10]
References
- ^ "PDSA Report and Accounts 2009" (PDF). Charity Commission. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ScannedAccounts/Ends17/0000208217_ac_20091231_e_c.pdf. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Brave donkey honoured for saving sheep from dog attack". PDSA. 18 November 2010. http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/media-pr-centre/news/1233_brave-donkey-honoured-for-saving-sheep-from-dog-attack.
- ^ "Dog honoured for tackling burglar". BBC News. 18 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8005669.stm.
- ^ "Brave dog Wicker receives a PDSA Certificate for her life-saving action". PDSA. 20 May 2009. http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/media-pr-centre/news/1050_brave-dog-wicker-receives-a-pdsa-certificate-for-her-life_saving-action.
- ^ a b "Hero dog Orlando is honoured for his life-saving devotion". PDSA. 18 November 2010. http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/media-pr-centre/news/1209_hero-dog-orlando-is-honoured-for-his-life_saving-devotion.
- ^ "Kick ass! How Dotty the donkey saved her friend Stanley the sheep from mauling by a pitbull". Daily Mail. 6 April 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373683/How-Dotty-Donkey-saved-Stanley-Sheep-mauling-pitbull.html.
- ^ "Bill Wynne & Smoky". PDSA. YorkshireTerrier.no. http://www.yorkshireterrier.no/Bill_Wynne_Smoky.html. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Brin the Afghanistan Bomb Dog Gets New Life". PDSA. 18 May 2011. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/842435-afghanistan-bomb-dogs-new-life.
- ^ "PDSA Dickin Medal". People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/pdsa-dickin-medal. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "The Animals' VC". BBC Radio 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/animals_vc.shtml. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
External links
- "PDSA – Home Page". People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. http://www.pdsa.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
Categories:- Dogs
- Domesticated animals
- Awards established in 2001
- Awards to animals
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