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What we do
PDSA is the UK’s leading veterinary charity. We save, we protect, we heal and we educate to help pets across the UK. We also celebrate extraordinary animals with our Animal Honours scheme
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Volunteering with PDSA
Volunteers' week is a chance to celebrate the amazing work our volunteers do for poorly pets in need
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Meet our pet patients
Read some of the amazing stories of pets treated by PDSA, from dogs who have eaten something they shouldn't, to cats who didn't quite land on their feet.
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Odin
Help stop the suffering of poorly petsWe are passionate about preventing pets from becoming illLoveable Husky, Selby, had only just been welcomed into his new family when he was struck down by symptoms of chronic diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and bleeding. Worried his beautiful puppy was deteriorating fast, Selby's owner rushed him to the local PDSA Pet Hospital. Our vets soon realised they were…
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Rabbit Awareness Week 2020
This year, we’re teaming up with other charities for Rabbit Awareness Week.
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DM 80
This year marks 80 years since the PDSA Dickin Medal was first awarded to acknowledge outstanding acts of bravery by animals serving with the Armed Forces or Civil Defence units. Our founder, Maria Dickin CBE, introduced the PDSA Dickin Medal on 2 December 1943, at the height of World War II. A tireless campaigner for animal welfare, Maria Dickin was determined to raise the status of animals in…
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Centenary care
Our Pet Hospitals are some of the UK's busiest pet A&E services. Providing life-saving care to sick and injured pets and protecting their long-term health.
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PDSA Pet Day
Join in with our Centenary celebrations and help sick and injured pets by holding a PDSA Pet Day at your school.
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Beauty - Dickin Medal 8
Beauty, a Wirehaired Terrier owned by PDSA Superintendent Bill Barnet, is considered by many to be one of the world’s first ‘Rescue Dogs’.
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Rip - Dickin Medal 27
Adopted as a mascot by Mr. King’s Civil Defence Squad colleagues in post B132, the Southill Street Air Raid Patrol (ARP), Rip showed a talent for sniffing out survivors trapped in bombed buildings and soon became an unofficial Search and Rescue dog.
