-
Email
Pet Survivor 2019 Voting is now open! These six pets battled against all odds to survive. Now we need your help to decide who should be crowned Pet Survivor of the Year 2019. Our judging panel, which included TV presenter Michaela Strachan, Vet and TV presenter Judy Puddifoot and former Love Island star Kady McDermott, had the difficult task of selecting these six plucky pets from all the entries…
-
PetWise School Award FAQs
Have some questions about the PetWise School award? Find out what topics are covered, how long it'll take and how it fits into the curriculum
-
Register your interest in PetWise School Award
Register your interest for the PDSA PetWise School Award and receive information on how to sign up straight to your inbox.
-
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’.
-
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.
-
Theo - Dickin Medal 64
On their first tour of duty together, Royal Army Veterinary Corps Arms and Explosive Search Dog Theo, and his handler Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, were the one of the most successful Military Working Dog teams of the whole Afghanistan conflict.
-
Rifleman Khan - Dickin Medal 19
Following training, Khan joined the 6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and teamed up with handler Lance Corporal James (Jimmy) Muldoon.
-
Winkie - Dickin Medal 1
Carrier pigeon, Winkie, received the first PDSA Dickin Medal from Maria Dickin on 2 December 1943 for the heroic role she played in saving the lives of a downed air crew.
-
Mary of Exeter - Dickin Medal 32
Owned by bootmaker and pigeon breeder Cecil 'Charlie' Brewer, Mary of Exeter joined the National Pigeon Service in the 1940s. Her role was to provide critical intelligence to the Allies by delivering top secret messages from behind enemy lines.
-
Duke of Normandy - Dickin Medal 45
Allied paratroopers from the 21st Army Group were dropped behind enemy lines days before, along with the Duke of Normandy in a small basket.
